papašāla

This lexeme is a hapax attested in a Luwian ritual fragment.

[O.B.]

dat./loc. sg. or nom./acc. pl.

[pa]-pa-ša-a-la

KBo 29.52, 3´

(CTH 766, MS)

On the grammatical analysis, see Stem.

[O.B.]

The form has been checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).

[O.B.]

CLuw. ⟨[pa]-pa-ša-a-la⟩ occurs in a fragmentary context, preceded by EME-iš=pa=du ‘(the) tongue to you/him/her…’. The little contextual information available suggests a body-part, in view of the context likely belonging to the upper gastrointestinal tract (note the occurrence of KAxU ‘mouth’ in the preceding line). Etymologically, the word is likely derived from the reduplicated verb pappaša-⁽ⁱ⁾ ‘to swallow’. Accordingly, Starke 1990a:310-312 translates papašāla- as ‘Schluckapparat, Gaumenmandeln’ (followed in e.g. CLL:165, Rieken 1999a:448, Oettinger 2016b:277). Additional evidence is available in the related Hittite term ^UZUpap(p)aššala- ‘esophagus (vel sim.)’ (see e.g. HEG P:425, CHD P:100f., HED PA:183, loan into Hittite per Starke 1990a:310f. and CLL:165).

[O.B.]

The type of stem underlying the form ⟨[pa]-pa-ša-a-la⟩ is not clear. The word is often taken to be nom./acc. pl. n. of a neuter l-stem papašāl- (CLL:165, Starke 1990a:310, Rieken 1999a:448, Oettinger 2016b:277, in the latter three works given as pappaššal-). However, an a-stem with a dat./loc. sg. ending -a is also conceivable (Yakubovich apud DCL:s.v.), possibly supported by the singular (and not plural) form EME-iš ‘tongue’ in same line.

[O.B.]

For the derivational base, see pappaša-⁽ⁱ⁾.