papra-⁽ⁱ⁾

All attestations of the verb are found in ritual texts from the Kuwattalla tradition (from MS onwards).

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3sg. pres. act.	pa-ap-r[a-i]	KUB 35.20 i 8’	(CTH 761, MS)
	pa-ap-[ra-i]	KUB 34.62 iii 6’	(CTH 761, NS)
	[pa-ap-ra]-⸢i⸣	KBo 29.20, 6’	(CTH 762, NS)
3sg. impv. act.	pa-ap-ra-ad-du-u(=)	KUB 35.43 ii 12	(CTH 761, NS)
	[pa-a]p-ra-ad-du-u(=)	KUB 35.43 iii 24’	(CTH 761, NS)

Restorations after Yakubovich & Mouton 2023a.

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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The derivational relationship between para-^(ti) at KUB 35.43 ii 10 and reduplicated papra-⁽ⁱ⁾ ibid. ii 12 was noted already in DLL:77 and never called into question. The present interpretation of the semantics as ‘to carry (off)’ follows Melchert 2016a:203-206, who points out that the verb denotes an action by which the sheep removes the evil from the ritual patron. He supports his suggestion with the etymological comparison with PIE *b^her- ‘to carry’ (see under Reconstruction). The translation is accepted by Sasseville 2021a:30f., Yakubovich & Mouton 2023a:255, as well as here.The previous translation ‘to chase’ going back to DLL:77 (and accepted in HW:426, CLL:166, HED PA:120, Lehrman 1998a:149, HHw:119, Frotscher 2012a:151, Shevoroshkin 2012a:475) was based on the assonance with Hitt. parḫ- ‘to chase’. It proved to be incompatible with the preservation of -ḫ- in CLuw. parḫ(a)- and HLuw. *501-ha- ‘to chase’ (see Melchert 2016a:205). – Incomprehensible is the interpretation as ‘to announce, curse’ by Starke 1990a:134.

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For the reduplication, see under Meaning. While Sasseville 2021a:31 still assumed that both a factitive stem in papra-^(ti) and a ḫi-verb papra-⁽ⁱ⁾ were equally possible, the reading [pa-ap-ra]-⸢i⸣= at KBo 29.20, 6’ with the rest of the upper two horizontal strokes still visible proves the latter to be correct (see also Yakubovich & Mouton 2023a:346).

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For the lemma head see CLuw. par-^(ti).