ḫīrūtaniya-(ti)
‘to swear, commit perjury’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 3573
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
ḫīrūtaniya-(ti)
‘to swear, commit perjury’1.1.1Transmission
The lexeme occurs only in ritual fragments from the Kuwattalla tradition.
[E.R.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pret. act. | ḫi-i-ru-ta-ni-i[a-at-t]a | KUB 9.6 i 23 | (CTH 759, LNS) |
| [ḫi-r]u-t[a-ni]-ia-at-ta | KBo 22.254 iii 9’ | (CTH 762, NS) | |
| part. abl./instr. | ḫi-ru-ta-ni-ia-am-m[a-ti] | KUB 32.79, 6’ | (CTH 762, NS) |
| ⸢ḫi-ru⸣-ta-ni-ia-⸢am-ma-ti⸣ | KUB 35.58 ii 3’ | (CTH 759, NS) |
The interpretation of the abl./instr. forms as (substantivized) participles goes back to Rosenkranz 1952a:87. It is accepted by Otten 1953a:95, Laroche 1955a:81, Meriggi 1957b:57, DLL:45, CLL:69, HHw:50, though not by Starke 1990a:254, who instead posits a neuter abstract noun in ḫīrūtaniyam(ma)n-. Actually, the form is ambiguous, and the semantics of the abstract noun and the substantivized participle are very close to each other.
[E.R.]
1.1.3Meaning
Being an obvious derivative of ḫīrūn/t- ‘(false) oath’ and collocated with tiwataniya-(ti) ‘to swear, curse (with the Sun-god as a witness)’, the semantic elucidation of ḫīrūn/t- immediately led to that of ḫīrūtaniya-(ti) ‘to swear, to commit perjury’ (since Laroche 1955a: 81; see also Meriggi 1957b:57, DLL:45, Starke 1990a:573, CLL:69, HHw:50, HW:384, HW 2nd ed. Ḫ:612, Rieken 2017e:241; still without translation Rosenkranz 1952a:87 and Otten 1953a:95).
[E.R.]
1.1.4Stem
As pointed out in Sasseville 2021a:148f., the unlenited endings after the stem consistently ending in -iya- (without syncope) indicate a factitive verb in -iya-(ti), which must be derived from an abstract noun *ḫīrūtaniya- c. ‘oath, perjury’ to be reconstructed. Also, the underlying verb *ḫīrūtani-(ti) is still unattested. Regarding the suffix denominative -ani-(ti), Starke 1990a:147 (cf. also Otten 1953a:95, Meriggi 1957b:57, Oettinger 1979a:494) suggested a negative meaning, and Rieken 2017e:244f. even assumed a use restricted to verba dicendi with a negative meaning. However, Sasseville argues that there are counterexamples and the previous impressions resulted from the limited range of the corpus, which may be correct.
[E.R.]
1.2 Luwian (Glossenkeilwörter)
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ḫīrūtan]iya-
1.2.1Transmission
The sole possible attestation of the verb is found in a NS oracle report.
[E.R.]
1.2.2Forms
| 1sg. pret. act. | [ḫi-ru-ta-n]i-aḫ-ḫa |
KUB 18.3, 24’ | (CTH 579, NS) |
1.2.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – The restoration of the verb follows van den Hout 1998a:23. The gloss wedge is restored in analogy to the following word ti-wa-ta-ni-iḫ-ḫa.
[E.R.]
1.2.4Meaning
For the elucidation, see under CLuw. ḫīrūtaniya-(ti).
[E.R.]