tapašalla/i-
‘related to the sky (?)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 3513
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
tapašalla/i-
‘related to the sky (?)’1.1.1Transmission
The two attestations of the word come from a single fragment of a ritual text.
[E.R.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. sg. | ta-pa-ša-al-li-i(=) | Bo 3081, rev.? 8’ | (CTH 470, MS) |
| ta-pa-ša-al-li-i(=) | Bo 3081, rev.? 10’ | (CTH 470, MS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Cited after HEG T:123f. and an old transcript in the Hethitologie-Archiv Mainz.
[E.R.]
1.1.4Meaning
The fragmentary context does not offer enough information for a semantic analysis. However, the word must constitute the missing link between tappaš- ‘sky’ and tapašallat(i)- ‘sky dweller (?)’ (HEG T:124), provided the morphological analysis of the latter is correct in spite of the spelling with singleton -p- (for a phonological explanation, see Reconstruction under tapašallat(i)-); hence the tentative translation as ‘related to the sky (?)’.
[E.R.]
1.1.5Stem
For the putative base tappaš- ‘sky’, see under Meaning. The lexeme itself represents a formation with the relational -alla/i- suffix.
[E.R.]
1.1.6Origin
The classification as a Luwian borrowing depends on the analysis as a derivative of CLuw. tappaš- ‘sky’ plus the Luwian -alla/i- suffix.
[E.R.]
For the lemma head see CLuw. tappaš-.