/marawalla/i-/, mara/i-wa/i-li-
‘corn-stem’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Class
- Derivative
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3966
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/marawalla/i-/, mara/i-wa/i-li-
‘corn-stem’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested in two inscriptions of the 8th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | /marawallis/ | mara/i-wa/i-li-sá-´ | SULTANHAN, §6 (Tabal) |
| mara/i-wa/i-li-sá | SULTANHAN, §15 (Tabal) | ||
| mara/i-˹wa/i?˺-li-sá | PALANGA, §11 (Malatya) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
For the reading of the sign *462+ra/i as 〈mara/i〉, see Hawkins 2004a:363-367. For the phonological interpretation, cf. CLuw. marawalli(ya)-.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meanings ‘corn-stem, beneficial vegetation, barley’ for this lexeme were suggested due to the plausible interpretation of the corn and wine topic in SULTANHAN, in which the /marawallis/ grows out of the soil by the grace of the Storm-God (Hawkins 2000a:468, Hawkins 2004a:364, Lorenz & Rieken 2007a:476f., van den Hout 2010b:238f.). For an iconographic parallel of this topic on the İvriz rock relief, see Lorenz & Rieken 2007a:477 n. 29.
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1.1.5Stem
The adjective in /-alla/i-/ is likely derived from the oblique case of a u-stem, which is possibly attested in Pal. māru-. In any case, this would exclude an etymological connection with the root of CLuw. *maruwa- ‘dark’ on both morphological and phonological grounds (see under lemma). However, since it is not certain that the Palaic word refers to ‘corn’, the etymology should be left open until further evidence has surfaced.
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