*523(-)a+ra/i-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3647
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*523(-)a+ra/i-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from the Amuq dating to the 9th to 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| abl./instr. | /…-aradi/ | *523(-)a+ra/i-ti-i | AFRIN, §2 (Amuq) |
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Largely unclear, not least because the spelling interpretation is provisional. Sign *523, which is unique to this word, may be a logographic determinative or represent part of the phonological form of the word.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Neither the context nor the shape of the sign *523 have so far permitted scholars to arrive at any semantic interpretation for this word. AFRIN, §2 reads: *a-wa/i-mu-ta REX?-ti-zi-i *523(-)a+ra/i-ti-i SUPER+ra/i-a [...]x-ta, approx. /a=wa=mu=tta hantawattinzi …-aradi sarra …-ta/, partly translating as ‘The kings ...-ed me up with *523(-)ara(/i)-’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:387).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Mostly unclear, because the stem remains opaque.
[AH.B.]