*92
‘charioteer’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3370
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*92
‘charioteer’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Tabal dating to the mid-8th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | /…/ | *92 | TOPADA, §4 (Tabal) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Intepretation
Unclear. The fully logographic rendition of the word permits no glimpses at its phonological shape. While it is possible that the word is in some way related to /kusa(/i)-/ ‘chariot’, ROTA ‘chariot’ or – and this seems the likeliest option for using the same logogram – /zallalla-/ ‘cart’, any such link remains entirely hypothetical for now. The complex sign *92 (also transliterated as PES.SCALA.ROTAE) consists of the shape of a foot on two wheels, in this case with what looks like a ladder leading from the toe to the base of the shin, cf. Hawkins 2000a:455.
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1.1.4Meaning
The interpretation is assigned tentatively (Hawkins 2000a:455), based on the choice of logogram. After all, *92 involves a set of wheels, which provides a link with the single wheel of the logogram ROTA (*292). The context at TOPADA, §4 does not contradict the interpretation, but cannot be said to support it substantially either: wa/i-mu tara/i-za/i REX-ti-za/i CUM-ni wa/i6-sa7-tax wa/i5+ra/i-pa-lax-wa/i-sax kix-ia-kix-ia-sa4-ha ru-wa/i7-tax-sa-ha *92, approx. /wa=mu tarrinzi hantawattinzi anni wassanta Warpallawas Kiyakiyas=ha Ruwantis=ha …/, probably translating as ‘Three kings were dear to me: Warpallawa and Kiyakiya and Ruwanti the charioteer (?)’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:453). The semantics of the word are very likely related to vehicles, and with the referenced person identified as a king already, a prestigious meaning is probable, but further evidence may require a reassessment.
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1.1.5Stem
While the purely logographic spelling of the word does not reveal its grammatical gender, it is likely a common gender because it references a human being. Nothing can be said about the stem formation at present.
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