/wan/, wa/i-na
‘hither (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adv
- ID
- 3368
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/wan/, wa/i-na
‘hither (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Tabal, dating c. 740–730 BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| indecl. | /wan/ | wa/i-na | SULTANHAN, §40 (Tabal) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is provisional and depends on its assumed cognate links with Hittite awān ‘(directional amplifier)’ and tuwān ‘hither’ (Yakubovich 2017e:s.v.; cf. HED A:245, HEG A-H:98f., Yakubovich 2010b:172 n. 19, Yakubovich 2012a:324-326). Regarding the loss of the initial /a-/, see also Melchert 2013a:305.Note that Melchert 2013a:307 assumes that Luwian holds no evidence for /awan/, but he may not have been aware of the SULTANHAN, §40 passage at the time. Alternatively, the attested spelling could represent /wan(n)a/, /win(n)a/, or /win/.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word is found only once in the HLuw. corpus so far, and its meaning is difficult to gauge based solely on the context. A number of scholars have put forward different suggestions, e.g. ‘whom’ (“wen”, Bossert 1956a:193f.),This suggestion is based on the old syllabic interpretation of some signs and quite impossible from a modern perspective. ‘vine’ (“vigna” Meriggi 1967b:120, Morpurgo Davies 1986a:132f.),This is likewise improbable, since the HLuw. word for ‘vine’ has been shown to be HLuw. /wiyan(i)-/, and in fact the SULTANHAN inscription contains several attestations of it. and ‘stele’ (Morpurgo Davies 1980b:96, Oshiro 1988a:249).Again, this is impossible, since the pertinent for would be /wanidi/; a nom./acc. sg. would be /wani=za/, both forms are frequently attested. These latter two suggestions are also mentioned by Hawkins 2000a:471, who reports considering 〈wa/i-na〉 a possible form of /wanid-/ ‘stele’ at first, before cautiously following Meriggi with ‘vine’, pointing out the phonological issues. Moreover, the context does not readily support this particular meaning.
The word occurs in a clause that is part of a lengthy curse formula in SULTANHAN, §40: ni-pa-wa/i-ta wa/i-na kwa/i-sa-ha ka-ti-i CRUS-i, approx. /niba=wa=tta wan kwis=ha katti tai/, meaning ‘(…if anyone stands in hostility to the city, or if anyone stands in hostility to the land), or if anyone stands in hostility hither?, (they shall be “made back” by royal command)’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:467).In evident analogy to the other clauses, Meriggi, Morpurgo Davies, Hawkins and others had assumed the word to represent a dat./loc. sg. */wana/ vel sim. The interpretation as an adverb originally meaning ‘hither’ vel sim. as proposed by Yakubovich 2017e:s.v. represents the most probable solution for the time being.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The word is an indeclinable adverb. If the suggestion by Yakubovich 2017e:s.v. is correct, it could be cognate with Hitt. awan ‘(directional amplifier)’ and Hitt. tūwa(n) ‘hither’ (see also CLuw. tūwā).
[AH.B.]