uwarḫina-(i)
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Class
- Derivative
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 4031
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
uwarḫina-(i)
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested in a mugawar for the Storm-god of Zippalanda.
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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pres. act. | ˹u-wa-ar-ḫi-na-i˺ | KBo 29.31 rev. 7’ | (CTH 756, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
The word was read as x-x-x-x-na-i by Starke 1985a:364. The new reading ˹u-wa-ar?-ḫi?-na-i˺ was suggested by Sasseville 2023b:293 based on the photo in the Konkordanz (followed by Melchert in DCL:s.v.). This reading was later confirmed by my own autopsy in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, May 2025.
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1.1.4Meaning
Due to the fragmentary state of the passage, it is not possible to attribute a meaning with any certainty. It occurs in a context, where the Storm-god was lured back to the gate of his temple. The subject of the sentence may perhaps be a bird MUŠEN-iš (in the previous line) and something else coordinated by Ù, despite the singular agreement. From an etymological perspective, it is likely related to warḫa-(ti) ‘to brush (?)’ and warḫītant(i)- ‘?’, although contextual evidence is lacking.
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1.1.5Stem
The verb is a formation in -ina-(i), a rarely attested verbal suffix in Luwian, for which see Sasseville 2021a:529f. (thus also Melchert in DCL:s.v.).
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