/hattall(a)i-(di)/, (*274)ha-ta-li-
‘to smite, subdue’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 3602
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/hattall(a)i-(di)/, (*274)ha-ta-li-
‘to smite, subdue’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested nine times in inscriptions from Cilicia, Maraş and Karkamiš, dating maximally from the 10th to the early 7th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| 1sg. pret. ind. act. | /hattalliha/ | (*274)ha-ta-li-i-ha | KARATEPE 1 (Hu.), §28 (Cilicia) |
| ˹(*274)˺[ha]-ta-li-i-ha | MARAŞ 4, §2 (Maraş) | ||
| (*274)há-ta-li-há | KARATEPE 1 (Ho.), §25 (Cilicia) | ||
| (*274)ha-ta-li-ha | KARKAMIŠ A25a, §1 (Karkamiš) | ||
| (*274)ha-ta-li-há | KARATEPE 1 (Ho.), §28 (Cilicia) | ||
| *274-ta-li-ha | KARATEPE 1 (Hu.), §25 (Cilicia) | ||
| *274-li-ha | ÇİNEKÖY, §7 (Cilicia) | ||
| 3pl. pret. ind. act. | /hattallainta/ | (*274)ha-ta-la-i-ta | KARATEPE 1 (Hu.), §26 (Cilicia) |
| (*274)há-ta-la-i-ta | KARATEPE 1 (Ho.), §26 (Cilicia) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is reasonably certain, given that it belongs to the family around HLuw. /hatta-/ ‘to ruin’, which is cognate with CLuw. ḫattalla- ‘club, mace’.
All attested spellings involve the logogram *274, mostly as a determinative, but sometimes representing part of the phonological form of the word. The sign lacks a semantic interpretation as of yet, but it is also used with the noun /ubadid-/ ‘demesne’ as well as the phonologically largely unclear words for ‘booty’ and ‘to loot’, indicating that it occurs with words from the domain of possession.Perhaps a designation as OCCUPARE, POSSIDERE vel sim. could be considered.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this verb is assigned on a solid basis consisting of the etymological link with /hatta-/ ‘to ruin’, the contexts of attestation, and the fact that it occurs several times in the KARATEPE 1 bilingual text where it translates Phoenician ʿn ‘to subdue, defeat’ (Bossert 1950a:15, followed by HHG:55 and Laroche 1960c:144).Note that Bossert 1950a:29-32 draws a number of erroneous conclusions when adducing Hittite katteraḫḫ- ‘to subdue’ as a cognate for /hattall(a)i-/, which is phonologically impossible. The meaning can be seen e.g. in MARAŞ 4, §2: a-wa/i hi-ri+i-˹ka˺-na(URBS) ˹kwa/i˺-[a]-ti-i (“[ANNUS]”)[u-si]-i ˹(*274)˺[ha]-ta-li-i-ha, approx. /a=wa Hirikkan kwatti ussi hattalliha/, meaning ‘In which year I smote/subdued the town Hirikka, (in that year I set up the storm-god Tarhunt of the Demesne)’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:256).
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1.1.5Stem
A denominative, this verb belongs to the class in /-(a)i-(di)/. Its derivational base appears to be an unattested */hattalla(/i)-/, clearly cognate with CLuw. ḫattalla- ‘club, mace’ deriving from CLuw. *ḫatt- ‘to pierce’ (Sasseville 2021a:230f., CLL:63f.); cf. also the discussion among various scholars as summarised by Sasseville.
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For the lemma head, see CLuw. *ḫatt-.
ḫattalla-