*279-la/i/u-
‘(a title)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3470
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*279-la/i/u-
‘(a title)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Karkamiš dating to the mid-8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | /…/ | *279-la/i/u-sa | KARKAMIŠ A4a, §9 (Karkamiš) |
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear. The sign *279 is unique to this word. Its shape appears to be similar to *278 (〈li〉), but it has yet to be fixed with a semantic and/or syllabic interpretation.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word may represent a title of some kind, as it occurs after a personal name at KARKAMIŠ A4a, §9, which is part of a string of such combinations: mu-wa/i-sa *279-la/i/u-sa, approx. /Muwas …-la/i/us/, meaning ‘Muwa, the *278-la/i/u-’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:152). It remains unclear what kind of title the word may represent, however.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Unclear. The sign 〈la/i/u〉 is vocalically polyvalent and the precise vowel therefore remains out of reach, at least until a cognate link or further textual evidence can shed more light on the matter.
[AH.B.]