palšūwanza
‘(a valuable wooden object)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Class
- Base
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3996
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
palšūwanza
‘(a valuable wooden object)’1.1.1Transmission
The attestations are found in New Hittite fragments of palace inventory texts.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. n. or nom. sg. c. (?) | GIŠpal-šu-u-wa-an-za | KUB 42.75 rev. 4’ | (CTH 241, NS) |
| GIŠpa[l-šu-u-wa-an-za? | Bo 5293, 2’ | (CTH 249, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – GIŠpa[l-šu-u-wa-an-za? at Bo 5293, 2’ is cited after Burgin 2022a:450.
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1.1.4Meaning
The generic meaning assignment is derived from the determinative GIŠ and the fact that the items are said to rest in a treasure box; cf. Siegelová 1986a:610, CHD P:78, HHw:118, HEG P:400, Ünal 2007a:506, DCL:173).
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1.1.5Stem
Since with Siegelová 1986a:610, the stem may very well be a Hittite stem in -want- (with regular singular agreement after the numeral 6, i.e. higher than 4; see also CHD P:78, DCL:173), there is no positive reason to assume a Luwian word, be it a stem in -wa- (DCL:173), -wan- (CLL:165, van den Hout 2006a:248, DCL:173), or -want- (Burgin 2022a:450). The same stance (Hittite -want- stem) is also taken in HEG P:400.
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1.1.6Origin
For the rejection of a Luwian origin of the lexeme, see under Stem (with references).
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