/antattil(i)-/, a-tá-ti-li-
‘inner’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 3449
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/antattil(i)-/, a-tá-ti-li-
‘inner’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Aleppo, dating to the late 10th or early 9th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | /antattilis/ | a-tá-ti-li-i-sa | BABYLON 1, §11 (Aleppo) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this lexeme is only partially certain. Since it belongs to the word family around /anta/ ‘in(to)’ and is spelt with 〈tá〉, the first part is securely read /anta-/. However, the remainder of the word may represent /antattil(i)-/, as suggested here, or /antantil(i)-/; either interpretation is possible for the attested spelling, although only the former comes with a clear morphological structure; see the discussion of the stem below.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word was not clear to scholars at first, although already Forrer 1932a:51 noted that the word occurs paired with its antonym in the following clause.Forrer regards the two words as verbs, however, and translates them as ‘zusetzen’ and ‘wegsetzen’. Subsequently, the current meaning was assigned by Laroche 1958b:176 on the basis of the context as well as the familial link with the adverb /anta/ ‘in(to)’.Note that Laroche mistakes the stem-forming suffixes for markers of an agent noun instead of an adjective. The clause in BABYLON 1, §11 is part of the extended protasis of the curse formula intended to protect the installation: ma-pa-wa/i-sa a-tá-ti-li-i-sa *a-la/i-la/i/u-ní-sa, approx. /man=ba=wa=as antattilis alunnis/, meaning (He who comes in, begins to eat, begins to drink,) whether he (be) an inner enemy, (or whether he be an outerThis is the antonym HLuw. /ahhatil(i)-/ ‘outer’. enemy …)’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:392).
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1.1.5Stem
The word is clearly an adjective in /-il(i)-/, a suffix found in a number of other lexemes, cf. e.g. /hantil(i)-/ ‘foremost’. The derivational basis appears to be the noun HLuw. /antatt(i)-/ ‘interior’, itself derived from the adverb /anta/ ‘in(to)’.
[AH.B.]