/sarladi/, SUPER+ra/i-˹la˺-ti
‘above’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adv
- ID
- 3833
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/sarladi/, SUPER+ra/i-˹la˺-ti
‘above’1.1.1Transmission
The two attestations of this lexeme both date to the second half of the 8th century BCE with the relevant texts originating from Amuq and Tabal.
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1.1.2Forms
| indecl. | /sarladi/ | SUPER+ra/i-˹la˺-ti | ÇİFTLİK, §7 (Tabal) |
| SUPER+ra/i-la-ti? | KIRÇOĞLU, §4 (Amuq) |
The attestation in ÇİFTLİK, §7 is followed by a short string of clitics: 〈-pa-wa/i〉 /=ba=wa/ ‘but’ followed by the quotative particle.
[AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of the present lexeme is reasonably certain. Not only is the spelling quite clear, but the part covered by the logogram SUPER (sign *70) serves to tie the lexeme to the word family around /sarli/ ‘highly’ and /sarra/ ‘over’, cf. Hawkins 2000a:450.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The semantic interpretation of the lexeme is quite certain, although it appears in clauses that are partially broken. In ÇİFTLİK, §7, the relevant clause runs: SUPER+ra/i-˹la˺-ti-pa-wa/i u-ru-x-ha-sá (DEUS)TONITRUS-hu-za-sa, approx. /sarladi=ba=wa uru-...-has Tarhunzas/, meaning ‘but above (is) the u. Tarhunza’. It is clear that the word can only function as an adverb in the context, and its meaning is supported both etymologically as well as contextually, cf. Hawkins 2000a:450.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Deriving from the adjective /sarla/i-/ ‘high’, the present form represents an indeclinable adverb built with the suffix /-adi/ also used in the adverb /apparadi/ ‘afterwards’. The HLuw. corpus features a similar form with the same meaning as the present adverb, viz. /sarlada/, which is morphologically less clear.
[AH.B.]
For the lemma head, see HLuw. /sarri/.