/pazzanna-(i)/, PES2-za-na-
‘to keep moving along’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 3483
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/pazzanna-(i)/, PES2-za-na-
‘to keep moving along’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Maraş, dating to c. 1000-950 BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 1sg. pret. act. | /pazzannahha/ | PES2-za-na-ha | MARAŞ 8, §8 (Maraş) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this verb seems clear. The use of the logogram PES2 (sign *93) places the verb into the semantic domain around motion and movement, and a family link with /pazza-/ ‘to pass, move along’ is possible, cf. the discussion of the stem below.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word is attested but once and for a long time remained semantically opaque, see still Hawkins 2000a:254. However, its meaning becomes reasonably clear once linked to transitive /pazza-(i)/ ‘to pass, move along’ (pace Yakubovich 2016a:80). The context at MARAŞ 8, §8 reads: zi-pa-wa/i FLUMEN-pi ARHA PES2-za-na-ha, approx. /zin=ba=wa habi ahha pazzannahha/, meaning ‘(I filled granary upon granary), and I kept moving (them) away from here to the river’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:253 and Goedegebuure 2007a:327).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The present verb shows a stem in /-anna-(i)/, deriving from the also attested verb /pazza-(i)/ ‘to pass, move along’, cf. Sasseville 2021a:513f. Its meaning may be imperfective or iterative, but this is difficult to assess based on the available attestation.
[AH.B.]