“LONGUS”-zi-
‘funeral (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3619
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
“LONGUS”-zi-
‘funeral (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Hama, dating to the 9th or 8th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| dat. sg. | /…/ | “LONGUS”-zi | SHEIZAR, §3 (Hama) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is not yet clear. Most of its shape appears hidden behind the logogram LONGUS (sign *62, itself a combination of MANUS+MINUS, signs *59 and *381, cf. Melchert 1988a:39), which is otherwise found with several different words such as HLuw. /arrayasha-/, HLuw. /i(ya)ri-(ti)/, and HLuw. /kusa-(i)/. At present, it cannot be assessed if the word under discussion is cognate with any of these.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning is assigned tentatively to this hapax legomenon due to the context of attestation, but it should be noted that the clause contains another word attested only here, viz. HLuw. /has(s)a(/i)-/ ‘pyre’. The relevant clause at SHEIZAR, §3 occurs after the introductory clauses of this funerary inscription: *a-wa/i-mu-ta *a-mi-zi INFANS-ni-zi “LONGUS”-zi FLAMMAE?(-)hax-si PONERE?-wa/i-ta, approx. /a=wa=mu=tta amminzi niwaranninzi …-zi hassi tuwanta/, meaning ‘(Due to my loyalty, I passed 100 years,) my children put me on the pyre at my funeral (and my grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren …-ed this installation)’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:417).
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1.1.5Stem
Unclear, since the word is attested in mainly logographic spelling. The stem seems to end in /-zza(/i)-/, but beyond the fact that the dat./loc. sg. ending in /-i/ rules out an a-stem, nothing else can be said about the stem formation of the word at present.
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