tarpāi(ya)-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 3946
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
tarpāi(ya)-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
The incomplete word is attested only once in a Luwian mugauwar for the Storm-god of Zippalanda.
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1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. pl. (?) | tar-pa-a-ia-[an-za?] | KBo 29.49, 9’ | (CTH 756, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – The tentative restoration follows Sasseville 2021a:93.
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1.1.4Meaning
The lexeme follows GIŠlūdanza of unknown meaning. Laroche (DLL:93) and Melchert (CLL:214, DCL:s.v.) regard the word as obscure. Recently, on account of the -i(ya)- suffix, Sasseville 2021a:93 has analyzed it as an adjective and tentatively assigned it to tarpa- c., translated here as ‘opposition, rivalry’. The resulting semantic interpretation as ‘related to opposition, rivalry’ is compatible with the fragmentary context, which features a form tarpātar (ibid. 4’ and 5’), usually analyzed as 3sg. pres. med. of tarpā(i)-(di) ‘to tread, walk (on)’; cf. Sasseville 2023bfor a different semantic approach.
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1.1.5Stem
See under Meaning.
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