*513-tà-nú-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3726
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*513-tà-nú-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Malatya dating to the 12th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg.(?) | /…/ | *513-tà-nú-zi/a | KARAHÖYÜK (ELBİSTAN), §7 (Malatya) |
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Partly unclear. The syllabic signs following after the initial logogram *513 suggest a stem ending in /°danu-/, but the word has so far remained unconnected to any cognates in the Anatolian languages.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of the word is unknown. In addition to the lack of an etymological connection, the context does not permit to narrow down the semantics. KARAHÖYÜK (ELBİSTAN), §7 reads: SCALPRUM *513-tà-nú-za/i CAPERE-tá, approx. /…-danun=za latta/, perhaps translating as ‘He (scil. the aforementioned great-king Ini-Tešub) took a SCALPRUM (as?) a *513-danu-’ vel sim. (Hawkins 2000a:289).The logogram SCALPRUM (sign *268) is used for a number of different words, most of the connected to the domain of stone. It is not clear which, if any, of the known words using it in their spelling may be meant in the present context.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Judging by the presence of the neuter particle /=sa, =za/, the word appears to be a neuter noun with a stem ending in /°danu-/, i.e. a u-stem.
[AH.B.]