ḫatarni-^(ti)

The sole attestation of the lexeme is found in an oracle fragment.

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – The reading ḫa-tar^!-ni-ia-iz-zi at KUB 36.55 ii 22 as proposed in HW 2nd ed. Ḫ:499 is quite doubtful; likewise the other suggestions made so far: ḫa-aš-⸢šu^?!⸣e-ez-zi in Rieken et al. 2009s and ḫa-aš-⸢ši⸣^?-e-⸢ki⸣^?-zi in Archi 2002a:4. – The alleged ḫa-⸢tar⸣-[ at KBo 19.155, 2’ cited in CLL:64 and HW 2nd ed. Ḫ:499 belongs to a word sequence ]x-⸢aḫ⸣-ḫa-ši-ḫa-ta[r without any word divider.

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Due to the uninformative context of an oracle report (ma-a-an zé igi-zi-az ḫa-tar-ni-it-ti “if the gallbladder ḫ.-s in front”), the meaning assignment depends entirely on that of the abstract derivative ḫatarniyašḫa-. Since the latter most likely signifies the ‘road fork vel sim.’, the underlying verb probably means ‘to split, fork vel sim.’ (following DCL:s.v.).

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The length of the stem and the 3sg. form in -itti classify the verb as a denominative in -i-^(ti) (Sasseville 2021a:149). More specifically, Sasseville suggests that ḫatarni-^(ti) derives from a nominal n-stem, although unattested (similar, but very vague Kronasser 1966a:568). Starting from an adjective *ḫattara/i- reconstructed from ḫattara- c. ‘(a long, pointed tool suitable for destruction)’, one could entertain the idea that it was substantivized as a neuter noun *ḫattar-, suffixed with -na/i- yielding *ḫattarna/i-, which then formed the base for the denominative verb.

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1. ḫatarniyašḫa-

The stem and ending in -i-tti reveals the Luwian origin of the verb, which has always been accepted (DLL:44, Starke 1979a:253, CLL:64, Melchert 1994a:250, HED H:264, HHw:47, van den Hout 2006a:250, Sasseville 2021a:149, DCL:s.v.; with hesitation HEG A-K:221)

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For the lemma head see CLuw. *ḫatt-.