ḫāpna-
‘river’
- Language
- Palaic
- Class
- Derivative
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 367
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
ḫāpna-
‘river’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested in the festival text for the Palaic pantheon.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | ḫa-a-ap-na-aš | KBo 19.152 iv! 11’ | (CTH 751, MS) |
| ÍD-an-aš | KBo 19.153 rev. iii 7 | (CTH 751, NS) | |
| ÍD-an-aš | KBo 19.153 rev. iii 18 | (CTH 751, NS) | |
| ÍD-aš | KBo 19.154+ i 10 | (CTH 751, MS?) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning ‘river, (meta.) blood’
The semantic assignment of Palaic ḫāpna- is facilitated due to the use of the sumerogram ÍD ‘river’ in a parallel passage (Carruba 1970a:54, Laroche 1973a:180, Watkins 1978a:306). In the context, where each attestation occurs, the word ‘river’ is used as a metaphor for ‘blood’ (Watkins 1978a:310).
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1.2 Hittite
†ḫāppan-
‘river’1.2.1Literature / Comments
Pace HW (2nd ed.) H:197, there is no evidence that Hitt. ḫa-pa-na and ḫa-a-ap-pa-na mean ‘river’. Furthermore, the instances of ÍD-ni (KUB 17.8 iv 23), ÍD.MEŠ-na (KUB 7.58 iii 15) are hardly enough to posit a new Hittite lexeme for ‘river’; cf. the discussion under PAnat. *Hab- Reconstruction. Starke 1981a:144 argues that the first example reflects Cluw. ḫapinn(i)- c., since it occurs in a ritual context rich in Luwianisms. For the second example, he reads Hurr. šiyena, since it occurs in a Hurrian context.
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2. Reconstruction
2.1Reconstruction
The Palaic lexeme ḫāpna- inflects according to the paradigm of the a-stems. The -n- before the stem-final -a- reflects an older formation with the Hoffman’s suffix *-h3on- (Hamp 1972a:36f.). In the prehistory of Palaic, a new thematic stem form *ḫábno- was generated from the inherited gen. sg. PAnat. *Habnos; cf. Oettinger 1980a:61 n. 66.
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For the Lemma Head see PAnat. *h2eb-.