*349(-)ara/i-ma-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 3557
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*349(-)ara/i-ma-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Karkamiš dating to the 10th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. | /…/ | *349(-)ara/i-ma | KARKAMIŠ A14a, §4 (Karkamiš) |
The attestation at KARKAMIŠ A14a, §4 is followed by a string of clitics: 〈-ha-wa/i-mu〉, i.e. /=ha=wa=mu/ ‘and to me’ with the quotative particle intervening.
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Intepretation
Unclear. The spelling of the word has yet to be securely interpreted, because it is not clear if the sign *349 should be understood as a logographic determinative or to represent part of the phonological form of the word. In fact, the sign has so far gone without interpretation either as a logogram or a syllabogram since the meaning of its shape is quite opaque.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word remains in the dark, not least because the role of the word in the clause is difficult to determine. KARKAMIŠ A14a, §4 reads: *349(-)ara/i-ma-ha-wa/i-mu LEPUS+RA/I-ta-na pi-ia-ta [ ... ], approx. /...-ara/iman=ha=wa=mu tabarittan piyanta (…?)/, meaning ‘They(?) also(?) gave me *349-ara/ima- (and/as?) authority’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:86). Hawkins considers an analysis as an adjective to be the most likely option, but its lack of i-mutation would actually suggest it to be a noun, either coordinated through /=ha/ ‘and, also’ with /tabaritta-/, or as an object complement.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The word is likely a noun because it does not appear to show i-mutation, instead it represents an a-stem. Any further analysis must await additional data.
[AH.B.]