aršū-
‘(unknwon)’
- Language
- Palaic
- Class
- Base
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 475
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
aršū-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in the Palaic ritual for the disappearing deity.
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1.1.2Forms
| stem form | ar-šu-ú(=kat) | KUB 35.164 ii 12’ | (CTH 752, MS) |
The gender of the noun is hidden by the enclitic pronoun; see under ka-.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photograph of the Konkordanz.
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1.1.4Meaning
No meaning has been suggested in the literature. We can draw from the following sequence ki-tar=zi ar-šu-ú=kat ‘This aršū here is laid/lies…’ that the aršū- refers to something that is laid down perhaps on a table or altar during the ritual.
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1.1.5Stem
The substantive aršū- is a u-stem of unknown gender; cf. Weitenberg 1984a:386f.
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