šalizzi

‘(unknown)’

Language
Palaic
Class
Base
Grammar
verb
ID
534

1. Individual Anatolian Languages

1.1 Palaic

šalizzi

‘(unknown)’

1.1.1Transmission

This word is found in the Old Hittite ritual for the disappearing deity.

[D.S.]

1.1.2Forms

dat. sg.(?) ša-li-iz-zi KUB 35.164 ii 11’ (CTH 752, MS)

Since the word is found in a fragmentary context, the grammatical assignment is tentative.

[D.S.]

1.1.3Graphic Features

Checked against the photograph of the Konkordanz.

[D.S.]

1.1.4Meaning

No meaning has been suggested in the literature.

[D.S.]

1.1.5Stem

From a morphological perspective, šalizzi could be derived form a base *šal(a/i)- with a suffix -izza- cognate to CLuw. -izza-. If correct, Pal. šalizzi would be an adjective perhaps even an ethnicon one.

[D.S.]

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