šašla-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 3384
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
šašla-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a ritual incantation of the Great Ritual.
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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. impv. med. | ša-aš-la-at-ta-ru | KUB 35.49 iv 6 | (CTH 761, MS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
Due to the fragmentary context, any suggestion must be considered tentative. Nonetheless, it appears as if the word refers to a negative action applied to a negative thing. Shevoroshkin 1969a:253 and Melchert (CLL:192) suggest on phonological grounds an etymological connection with Lyc. B sla-(ti) ‘to offer in sacrifice’ and Lyc. A hlm̃me/i- (repeated in Frotscher 2012a:151, though with skepticism).Shevoroshkin 1977a:144 also compares Hitt. šēli- c. ‘grain’, which does not lead anywhere. However, a more suitable etymology for the Lycian verb is preferred on semantic grounds (see under the lemmata).
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1.1.5Stem
Nothing certain can be said about the verbal stem class, except that it very likely represents a reduplicated verb.
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