/2-s(sa)/, 2-sa
‘second time’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adv
- ID
- 631
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/2-s(sa)/, 2-sa
‘second time’1.1.1Transmission
Attested once in a Bronze Age inscription, this lexeme can be found in an inscription from Konya dating to the second half of the 13th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| adv. | /2-s(sa)/ | 2-sa | EMİRGAZİ 2, 1§3 |
This attestation is very tentative, because the word occurs on the badly abraded upper left corner of the first line of the inscription.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological shape underlying the spelling of this lexeme is not clear, because there is no comparable formation with a different numeral that would permit for the stem to be assessed.
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1.1.4Meaning
Due to only a single occurrence, the lexeme has a tentative semantic interpretation. It occurs within the historical narrative of an inscription, detailing military actions and reactions, and the lexeme is used as a modifier on the phrasal or clausal level, indicating a second attack by a band of VIR2.ARMA-zi ‘warriors’.
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1.1.5Stem
Unclear.
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