*69(-)sà-tara/i-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3326
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*69(-)sà-tara/i-
‘(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
| abl./instr. | /.../ | *69(-)sà-tara/i-ti | KIRŞEHİR lead strip, §20 (Tabal) |
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear. It cannot be said with certainty if the syllabic signs should be taken to represent the entire phonological form of the word or just part of it, but cf. the discussion of the stem below. If the former, *69 would be used as a logographic determinative in the same way it appears with at least one other noun, viz. /wazza-/ ‘request’, and a number of verbs.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Unknown. The context at KIRŞEHİR lead strip, §20 is preceded by a largely fragmented passage, leaving the narrative of the letter opaque. The relevant clause runs: CRUS2-nú-pa-wa/i *187(-)ka-pa+ra/i-na-˹´˺ NEG2 CAPERE-na *69(-)sà-tara/i-ti PUGNUS.PUGNUS-i-wa/i, approx. /nanun=ba=wa kaParan na lammin …-starradi …-iwi/, partly translating as ‘But now I shall stay not to take a/the kaPara- with *69-starr(i)-’ (cf. Akdoğan & Hawkins 2010a:9).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The spelling may reflect a noun with a stem in /-starr(i)-/, a suffix well-known from a number of other formations, e.g. /sannawistarr(i)-/ ‘goodness’, forming abstract nouns to adjectives (see Melchert 2003b:196). However, with the meaning of *69 unknown, this possible stem formation remains but a hypothesis for the time being.
[AH.B.]