MANUS-ru-
‘to (mis)use (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 3637
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
MANUS-ru-
‘to (mis)use (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in the inscription of İSKENDERUN dated to the reign of Larama (late 9th c. BCE).
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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pres. ind. act. | /…/ | “MANUS”-ru-ti | İSKENDERUN, §5 (Maraş) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Sasseville 2021a:191 suggests that MANUS-ru- is to be phonologically interpreted as /ibaru-/, assuming a cognate of Lyd. ifro-(d) and CLuw. *iparu- or *iparwa/i- in e.g. iparwašša/i- (although *-u̯o- would be expected; cf. Oettinger 2017c:254 for oppositional use of *-u̯o- as in Lat. laeuus ‘left-hand’ and CLuw. *išarwa/i- < *g̑hes-r̥-u̯o-). This would make MANUS-ru- a denominative verb in -(a)u-(di). However, the recent discovery of a Luwian 1Pl. Prät. ending in -unta (Melchert & Yakubovich 2022b) now makes the existence of a Luwian suffix -(a)u-(di) highly doubtful. Therefore, no phonological interpretation is attributed here to the lexeme.
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1.1.4Meaning
The semantics of “MANUS”-ru-ti can be partially recovered by the context. The verb occurs in a curse formula, where it designates the negative action, the potential offender would commit. Hawkins 2000a:261 suggests the meaning ‘to use’, because the following sentence refers to a prohibition, which forbids the offender to take the name of the ruler away; perhaps a more negative meaning such as ‘to misuse’ could be deduced. In any case, more evidence is needed.
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1.1.5Stem
See Sasseville 2021a:190f., but cf. under Phonological Interpretation.
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