/izziyana-/, i-zi-ia-na-
‘rite’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3734
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/izziyana-/, i-zi-ia-na-
‘rite’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Malatya dating to the 11th or 10th century century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| acc. pl. | /izziyananzi/ | i-zi-ia-na-zi | IZGIN 2, §9 (Malatya) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this lexeme can be deemed secure. It is part of the word family around the verb /izzi(ya)-(di)/ ‘to do, make’, and its transparent morphology provides a clear view of its structure and hence its likely phonological shape, despite a lack of exact cognates, cf. Rieken 2007b:265.
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1.1.4Meaning
Even though the word is a hapax legomenon, its meaning is reasonably clear. It is assigned on an etymological and a contextual basis in IZGIN 2, §9: a-wa/i *a-pa-sa-ha? Iá-za-mi-sa i-zi-ia-na-zi i-zi-i-tú *a-pa-sa-na (DOMINUS)na-ni CUM-ni, approx. /a=wa abas=ha Azzammis izziyananzi izzidu abassan nanni anni/, meaning ‘That Azzammi shall also do rites for his master’. Morpurgo Davies 1980a:124 (followed by Hawkins 2000a:318) draws attention to the figura etymologica /izziyananzi izzidu/, literally ‘He shall do deeds’, which parallels Hittite aniur aniya-; cf. also the discussion of the stem below.
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1.1.5Stem
Clearly a common gender a-stem, this noun derives from the verb /izzi(ya)-(di)/ ‘to do, make’ with help of the suffix /-na-/. At the time of the derivation, Rieken 2007b:265 assumes the verbal basis to have covered the religious meaning ‘to celebrate, honour’ besides the more general meaning ‘to do, make’, like its Hittite cognate iye/a-(mi) ‘to make, to celebrate’.
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For the lemma head, see HLuw. /izzi(ya)-(di)/.