*275-i-

‘to battle’

Language: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Grammar: verb
ID: 3472

1. Individual Anatolian Languages

1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian

*275-i-

‘to battle’

1.1.1Transmission

This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Karkamiš, dating to the mid-10^th or early 9^th century BCE.

[A.P.]

1.1.2Forms

3pl. pret. act.

/…/

*275-i-ta

KARKAMIŠ A12, §8 (Karkamiš)

[A.P.] [AH.B.]

1.1.3Graphic Features

1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation

The phonological form of this word is largely unclear, except for the fact that the verb appears to have a stem involving /-i-/.

The logogram *275 is unique to the present word. It appears to involve a doubling of the basic shape found in both *273 and *274, which relate to weapons and conquests respectively; cf. Yakubovich 2019a:547 and the discussion of the meaning below.

[AH.B.]

1.1.4Meaning

The semantic interpretation as ‘to battle’ is advanced by Yakubovich 2019a:546f. based on the shape of *275 and its evident connection with *273 and *274, as well as the context of attestation. KARKAMIŠ A12, §8 reads: *a-wa/i-mu-tá (“ARMA”)wa/i+ra/i-pi *275-i-ta, approx. /a=wa=mu=tta warpi …-inta/, meaning ‘(With one hundred chariots^?, I broke through^? the defences of the town Awiyana.) They battled me in/with weapons’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:113 and Yakubovich 2019a:546).

[AH.B.]

1.1.5Stem

The stem is likewise mostly unclear. However, the verb appears to belong to one of the stem classes featuring /-i-/, most likely /-i-^(ti)/, cf. Sasseville 2021a:131-133.

[AH.B.]