/p(ar)riya-/, (“*179”)pa+ra/i-ia-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 4018
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/p(ar)riya-/, (“*179”)pa+ra/i-ia-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax legomenon is attested in a single fragment from Jisr el Hadid, dating to the 9th to 8th centuries BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| poss. adj. acc. sg. c. | /p(ar)riyassin/ | (“*179”)pa+ra/i-ia-si-i-na | JISR EL HADID frag. 1, §a (Amuq) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is tentative. It is a hapax legomenon in HLuw., and any cognate links with the CLuw. parri-(ti) ‘to smear, coat’, the Glossenkeilwort parriyalla/i- as well as pariyašša/i- (Melchert, pers. comm.) and pariyaššaima/i- are likewise tentative. Provided the morphological analysis is correct, the attested possessive suffix and ending are sufficiently clear as /-assin/, since both are well-known from many other words. The derivational basis of the possessive adjective may be /p(ar)riya-/, which is not otherwise attested in HLuw., unless one were to link it to the adverb /pari/ ‘before, out, forth’, which is rather unlikely, not least because of the different logographic determinatives used.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
So far the meaning of the word has remained in the dark. It is attested in a broken context on JISR EL HADID fr. 1, §a: […] (“*179”)pa+ra/i-ia-si-i-na sa5-ha+ra/i-zá-ti-na x[…]. The second word appears to be a noun that is modified by the possessive adjective form of the present lexeme, but its meaning is likewise unknown. Use of the logogram *179, usually read HORDEUM, suggests that the meaning of /p(ar)riya-/ could be related to barley or grain in a wider sense (see Hawkins 2000a:380), although this is by no means certain. If the etymological connection with CLuw. parri-(ti) ‘to smear, coat’ should prove correct, a hypothetical interpretation of the present lexeme could go in the direction of ‘paste (of herbs or flour)’ vel sim. However, only further textual data can shed light on this matter.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The attested form appears to be a genitival adjective formed with /-assa/i-/, likely from a noun /p(ar)riya-/, whose stem formation remains opaque for now. Further evidence is needed.
[AH.B.]
pariyašša/i-