pariyaššaima/i-

The lexeme is attested twice in an inventory text.

[E.R.]

nom./acc. pl. n.	⸢pa-ri⸣-ia-aš-ša-i-ma	KUB 42.29 v? 3’	(CTH 244, NS)
	[pa-ri-ia-aš-ša]-i-ma	KUB 42.29 v? 8’	(CTH 244, NS)

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

[E.R.]

The approximate meaning ‘(belonging to a chariot)’ is proposed by Siegelová 1986a:610 (but left without translation in Siegelová 1986a:154), followed by HEG L-P:462, CLL:169, Ünal 2007a:398 and DCL:s.v. Burgin 2022a:347 opts for a more specific ‘upholstered with pariyašša/i-̓, leaving pariyašša/i- itself untranslated (Burgin 2022a:346). The lexeme is listed in CHD P:153 under pariyašša/i- as nom./acc. pl. N., which is unlikely due to the following sign MA resulting in the participle form pariyaššaima. Nevertheless, pariyaššaima is accepted to be part of a chariot in CHD P:153.The lexeme is not listed in HHw, EDHIL, HED.

[E.R.]

Tischler (HEG L-P:462) separates pa-ri-ya-aš-ša-i-ma into pariyaššai=ma (followed by CHD P:153), thus leading to the word pariyašša/i-. His analysis as nom./acc. pl. n. does not fit his translation as ‘two chariots, but made of/showing pariyašša’, because that would require an abl./instr. form. Burgin 2022a:347 states that a Hittite adjective in -ai does not appear together with a gloss wedge in a Hittite text, thus Tischler’s analysis is incorrect.

The suffix -aimma/i- is well-known as the Luwian formant of participles.

[E.R.]

The Luwian participle formant -aimma/i- shows the Luwian origin which is defended by DCL:s.v. A non-Hittite origin is further supported by the use of the preceding gloss wedges.

[E.R.]

For the lemma head see CLuw. pariyašša/i-.

*The lemma has been written together with Marian Wehrstein.