/harba-/, (*219)ha+ra/i-pa-
‘rebel (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3584
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/harba-/, (*219)ha+ra/i-pa-
‘rebel (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Tabal, dating to the mid-8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. pl. | /harbanzi/ | (*219)ha+ra/i-pa-zi/a | TOPADA, §26 (Tabal) |
The attestation at TOPADA, §26 is followed by the connector /=ha/ ‘and, also’.
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is reasonably secure, even though the word is an isolated hapax legomenon within the HLuw. corpus. However, CLuw. has evidence for a word family around ḫarpanalla/i- ‘rebel’.Note the scepticism expressed by Puhvel (HED Ḫ:183) regarding the meaning ‘separate’ proposed for some members of the word family. For the root-final lenis /b/ instead /p/, see the etymology under the lemma head.
The logographic determinative *219 is only used with the present word; its shape is difficult to interpret, and the sign therefore still awaits semantic elucidation.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word remained long out of grasp, not least for the difficulty presented by the logographic determinative *219.Hrozný 1933a:370 incl. n. 14 transliterated the word fully (as opposed to Meriggi 1967b:125), but ventured a meaning such as ‘saddle bag’ vel sim. on the basis of the ill-understood context. Hawkins 2000a:458 suggested ‘rebel’ based on the likely Anatolian cognates of the word (followed by d Alfonso 2019a:138). The context supports this meaning at TOPADA, §26: pa+ra/i-zax-tax-wa/i9-ni-sa-pa-wa/i-tax(URBS) EQUUS(ANIMA)-sa8 (*219)ha+ra/i-pa-zi/a-˹ha˺ OMNIS.MI-za/i á-za5-sa7-na FINES+HI-za/i CRUS+RA/I, approx. /Parzantawannis=ba=wa=tta azzus harbanzi=ha taniminzi anzassan irhanz …/, meaning ‘The cavalry of the Phrygians(?) and all the rebels stood against us at the border’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:453).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Clearly a common gender, the word is an a-stem and not subject to i-mutation. It likely derives from the root (verb) */harb-/ vel sim. with the aid of the individualising suffix /-a-/, which forms an agent noun in this case (see Melchert 2014e:262f. and Sasseville 2018a:303), although this function is normally restricted to deadjectival formations from thematic o-stems.
[AH.B.]
For the lemma head, see /harb(i)-/.