/tabariyalli(ya)-/, LEPUS+ra/i-ia-li-
‘gubernatorial, governor’s’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 3821
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/tabariyalli(ya)-/, LEPUS+ra/i-ia-li-
‘gubernatorial, governor’s’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested three times in an inscription from Maraş and a seal from Karkamiš, dating to the late 9th century and the late 10th or early 9th century BCE respectively.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. c. | /tabariyallis/ | LEPUS+ra/i-ia-li-i-sa | MARAŞ 1, §1b (Maraş) |
| LEPUS2+ra/i-ia-li-sa | MARAŞ 1, §1g (Maraş) | ||
| nom./acc. sg. n. | /tabariyallin=za/ | LEP[US2]+RA/I? | KARKAMIŠ N seal, §1 (Karkamiš) |
The reading of the sign 〈+ra/i〉 at KARKAMIŠ N seal, §1 is doubtful, because its thorn-like shape is not slanted, but takes the horizontal position exactly where the tail of the rabbit-shaped LEPUS would be, cf. Dinçol, Dinçol & Peker 2014a:164.
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Due to its transparent morphology, the phonological interpretation of this adjective is quite clear. It derives directly from the likewise attested /tabariyalla/i-/ ‘governor’.
In the attestations for this word, the logogram LEPUS (sign *115) appears in its two variations, viz. the depiction of the head and neck of a hare (LEPUS) and that of the full animal (LEPUS2) without any discernible difference in meaning. MARAŞ 1, §1b features a rare cursive form of the sign. The alternation is common throughout the word family.
[AH.B.] [A.P.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word is clear from its morphology, see the discussion of the stem below. As is expected for such a form, it occurs in possessive constructions, e.g. in the long genealogy in MARAŞ 1, §1b: Ila+ra/i+a-ma-si-i-sa LEPUS+ra/i-ia-li-i-sa INFANS-mu-wa/i-za-sá, approx. /Larammassis tabariyallis nimuwizzas/, translating as ‘Commander Laramma’s son’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:262f.).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
An adjective of appurtenance, the word is formed with the common suffix /-i(ya)-/ from the substantivised base /tabariyalla/i-/ ‘governor’, cf. e.g. Melchert 2003b:197.
[AH.B.]
For the lemma head, see HLuw. /tapar-(ti)/.