ḫalpiyala

This lexeme is found within the festival for the Palaic pantheon attested on Old/Middle and New Hittite tablets.

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loc. sg. (?)	ḫa-al-pí-ia-˹la˺	KUB 35.65 obv. 3	(CTH 751, OS or MS)
	[ḫ]a-˹al-pí˺-i[a-la]	KBo 19.150 obv. 9	(CTH 751, MS)
	ḫa-al-˹pí˺[-ia-la]	IBoT 2.36 obv. 4	(CTH 751, NS)

The word ḫalpiyala has also been interpreted as a nom./acc. pl. n. (Kammenhuber 1959a:14), which is equally possible from a formal perspective; but see under Meaning.

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Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).

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No meaning has been suggested for this lexeme so far; cf. Carruba 1970a:53. The word ḫalpiyala seems to modify the noun tāwa, which represents the place where the bread is broken. Therefore, an adjective modifying tāwa is hypothetically assumed here. An interpretation as nominative/accusative singular for ḫalpiyala is not likely, because the implied direct object is the bread.

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The stem of the word ḫalpiyala is uncertain. If it were a noun, it could be a neuter gender noun in -al- (no comparanda in Palaic, but cf. Hitt. -āli- n., CLuw. -āl- n.) or a common gender noun in -ala- (cf. Pal. watḫala-). Otherwise, if it is an adjective, one can compare the suffix of Pal. kuliwali-.

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No etymology is offered here.

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