*69-la/i/u-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 3325
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*69-la/i/u-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Tabal dating to the late 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 1sg. pres. act. | /…/ | *69-la/i/u-wa/i | KIRŞEHİR lead strip, §6 (Tabal) |
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear. The logogram *69 probably depicts the stylised shape of an outstretched hand, but its meaning has so far remained out of scholars’ grasp. It is found as a logographic determinative with a number of verbs such as /i(ya)Ti-/ ‘to delete’ and /sa-(i)/ ‘to release’, cf. e.g. Dinçol, Dinçol, Hawkins & Peker 2014a:65f.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word is unknown. At KIRŞEHİR lead strip, §6, it represents the last and only preserved word of the clause. While its status as a verb seems relatively clear, nothing can be said about its meaning, cf. Akdoğan & Hawkins 2010a:6.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The syntactic position and the ending render an analysis as a verb most likely. However, the stem formation of the word remains in the dark, because the syllabic sign 〈la/i/u〉 (sign *445) is vocalically polyvalent and prevents a clear assessment of the stem vowel.
[AH.B.]