pappaša-⁽ⁱ⁾

This lexeme is attested in a treaty of Tudhaliya IV with an unknown vassal.

[O.B.]

3sg. pres. ind. act.

pa-ap-pa-ša-i

KBo 4.14 iii 37

(CTH 123, LNS)

See Sasseville 2021a:356 on the non-geminate -š- and the possible emendation to ⟨pa-ap-pa-<aš>-ša-i⟩.

[O.B.]

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

[O.B.]

CLuw. pappaša-⁽ⁱ⁾ is a reduplicated derivative of pašš-^(ti) ‘to swallow’ (see that lemma with further references and cf. the translations in e.g. CHD P:205 and HED PA:182). A similar meaning is thus to be assumed for this word. Per Sasseville 2021a:357 the function of reduplication is distributive on account of the object in the singular attestation being plural, i.e. EN^MEŠ ‘lords’. Conversely, Dempsey 2015a:244 speculates that the reduplication may have an intensifying function.

[O.B.]

CLuw. pappaša-⁽ⁱ⁾ is a “ḫi-conjugating” reduplicated verbal stem.

[O.B.]

1. papašāla

For the derivational base, see CLuw. pašš-^(ti).