/hasp(i)-/, ha-sà-pi-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3696
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/hasp(i)-/, ha-sà-pi-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Assur dating to the late 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. | /haspin/ | ha-sà-pi-na | ASSUR letter c, §8 |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this noun is provisional, although the spelling does not leave much room for debate. Alternatively, the spelling may represent /has(s)aP(i)-/, and further evidence is required to arrive at a more nuanced interpretation.
A connection with the CLuw. verb ḫašp-(ti) ‘to cut down, defeat’ is tempting due to the similar root shape but cannot yet be supported contextually.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word has so far remained opaque, on the one hand because its etymology is unclear, on the other hand because the context does not provide enough information. It occurs only once in ASSUR letter c, §8: wa/i-mu-u 10 ha-sà-pi-na 100-ha-wa/i-mu (“*187.ZÚ”)mi-la-a-na VIA-wa/i-ni, approx. /wa=mu … haspin …=ha=wa=mu milan harwanni/, perhaps translating as ‘Dispatch to me 10 hasp(i)- and (also to me) 100 mila-!’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:535, 544). The other noun in the clause could perhaps facilitate an interpretation, yet its meaning, too, is still in the dark.As has been its phonological shape, which Hawkins 2000a:534f., 544 interprets as /sumila-/; the reading of sign *488 used to be 〈sù〉, but has since been changed to 〈zú〉, cf. /zuwan(i)-/ ‘dog’ and /zurni(ya)-/ ‘horn’. The word hence appears to denote a commodity that can be sent over some distance, however, it may well refer to animate entities instead.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
As is evident from the attestation, the word is a common gender noun and subject to i-mutation. Beyond that, nothing else can be said about its morphological structure at present. Further evidence is needed.
[AH.B.]
ḫašp-