*263-tá-na-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3608
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*263-tá-na-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Malatya dating to the 12th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| gen. sg. | /…/ | *263-tá-na-sa5 | KARAHÖYÜK (ELBİSTAN), §17 (Malatya) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological form of this word is at least partly unknown. The syllabic signs present suggest a stem ending in /°ttana-/ vel sim., but no cognate has so far been adduced.
The logogram *263 also awaits interpretation, not least because it is unique and limited to the present word.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word has yet to be elucidated. In the context at KARAHÖYÜK (ELBİSTAN), §17, it appears to be a genitive (see Hawkins 2000a:294): *234 SUPER *263-tá-na-sa5 DOMUS-za/i i(a)-za/i-ha, approx. /… sarra …-ttanas parnan=za izziha/, translating as ‘Over *234, I made a house of *263’ vel sim. (cf. Hawkins 2000a:290).Note that Hawkins reads the present lexeme as 〈*234.SUPER〉 and thus translates the clause as ‘I made *234.SUPER as a house of *263’.
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1.1.5Stem
With what appears to represent /°ttana-/ visible in the spelling, the word may be a formation in /-na-/ and thus a common gender a-stem, cf. Melchert 2003b:195f.; however, other options are possible, too.
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