paršant(a)-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, n.
- ID
- 3395
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
paršant(a)-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
The sole attestation of the word comes from a birth ritual of the Tauriša tradition.
[E.R.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. or dat./loc. pl. | pár-⸢ša⸣-an-d[a-a]n-za | KUB 35.88 ii 8 | (CTH 766, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.
[E.R.]
1.1.4Meaning
No translation was offered for a long time (DLL:80, CLL:170, HHw:125). Only recently, Oreshko 2020a:348 interpreted the word as the Luwian match of Hitt. parš(a)na- ‘thigh’, based on the co-occurrence with [pa-a-ta-a]n-ta ‘feet’ (as restored by Starke 1985b:226). The proposal must await further evidence to support it.
[E.R.]
1.1.5Stem
Melchert (DCL:s.v.) assumes that paršandanza contains the suffix -ant(a)-, which builds neuter nouns (also seen in šaḫuitant(a)-).
[E.R.]
The word is now considered to be a ghostword, see CLuw. pārta(/i)-.