/hazz(a/i)nussa-(i)/, (“FLAMMAE”)ha-z[a/i]-nu-sà
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 3603
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/hazz(a/i)nussa-(i)/, (“FLAMMAE”)ha-z[a/i]-nu-sà
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Tabal dating to the end of the 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3pl. pres. ind. act. | /hazz(a/i)nussanti/ | (“FLAMMAE”)ha-z[a/i]-nu-sà-ti-i | GEMEREK, D3§2 (Tabal) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is somewhat unclear, particularly regarding the vowel of the second syllable, which may be /a/, /i/, or in fact non-existent. While fully syllabic, the spelling can represent several different phonological shapes, e.g. /haznussa-/, /hazzinussa-/, and /hazzanussa-/, and so far no cognates have been proposed. Any relation to HLuw. /hazziwid-/ ‘rite’ and/or /hazzi-/ ‘to engrave’ seems far-fetched for semantic reasons, also taking into account the use of the logogram FLAMMAE (sign *477) for a determinative, which is otherwise combined with verbs from the domains of sacrifice and burning/destruction, but further attestations may change the current picture.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this verb is unclear save for what can be gleaned from its suffixal morphology, i.e. that it appears to be a causative and possibly imperfective, cf. the discussion of the stem below. The only context of attestation is on a badly broken stele, which seems to contain details on animal offerings and possibly a protective curse. GEMEREK, D3§2 runs: a-[w]a/i ARHA (“FLAMMAE”)ha-z[a/i]-nu-sà-ti-i, approx. /a=wa ahha hazz(a/i)nussanti/, which may mean ‘(they will offer nine sheep), they hazza/inussa- (them) away/entirely, (and eat them up?)’ (cf. Akdoğan & Hawkins 2011a:314). In their editio princeps, Akdoğan & Hawkins 2011a:314 hypothesise that the meaning may belong to a similar semantic sphere as HLuw. /kinussa-/ ‘to burn up (sacrificially)’, which is possible, but remains a hypothesis without additional data.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
A verb, the word may represent an imperfective stem in /-ssa-(i)/ (cf. Yakubovich 2015b:6.5 and Sasseville 2021a:489f.), perhaps deriving from a causative (or factitive if derived from a noun or adjective) in /-nu(wa)-/; cf. Sasseville 2021a:463f.
[AH.B.]