*au̯-h₁éi̯-/h₁i-´

Attested over 50 times in the corpus, this lexeme is very well-represented indeed. It can be found in inscriptions from all across the HLuw. area, as well as from all periods between the 13^th and the 8^th century BCE.

[AH.B.]

Not all 59 attested forms are listed in the above table. While all available forms and spelling variations are recorded, broken attestations have been largely left out.

The attestation in YALBURT fragm. 2, §4 is analysed differently in the editio princeps (Hawkins 1995a:70), as the 〈a〉 sign is there assumed to belong to the preceding sign INFRA. Similarly, in fragm. 3, §7, Hawkins 1995a:70 reads the 〈a〉 as part of another word. The positioning of signs in the YALBURT inscription is difficult to interpret in many places, and the readings adopted here are based on the fact that the sign INFRA, standing for /zanta/, is usually phonetically complemented only with 〈ta〉, not 〈a〉.

[AH.B.]

The correct phonological interpretation for this word was first offered by Hawkins 1971a:113-116, when he interpreted the variable use of the logogram PES (*90) in a new way. Not least due to the many spelling variations, the phonological interpretation of this verb can be regarded as assured. In addition to that, the word has cognate links in the Anatolian languages, e.g. CLuw. awi- ‘to come’.

[AH.B.]

The meaning of this lexeme has been clear for some time due to Laroche 1958a:99-101, although first attempts to interpret it in CLuw. were hampered by the fact that a collection of its forms contained also those for /awa-⁽ⁱ⁾/ ‘to see’ (cf. the remarks in Meriggi 1957a:209). A basic level term, the verb is frequently used in conjunction with preverbs, adverbs or nouns that represent set phrases, e.g. /ahha awi-/ ‘to come forth’, /appan awi-/ ‘to come after’, /wasu awi-/ ‘to come well (for someone)’ (e.g. in KULULU 1, §13) and /sannawistarradi awi-/ ‘to come with goodness’ in SULTANHAN, §5 (Hawkins 2000a:258, 260, 444; Yakubovich 2016b:478-481).

Besides serving as a full verb, /awi-/ can be found in serial construction with another verb in CLuw. (Laroche 1958a:100). In such cases, it takes first (but not necessarily absolute initial!) position in the clause, while another verb occurs in final position, and both verbs show the same inflection; a similar serialisation is found in Hittite. It is very likely that HLuw. made extensive use of this constuction, but the evidence for it is rather scarce for a dearth of suitable texts. A possible example can be seen in HİSARCIK 1, §5 with a-wa/i á-wa/i-´ ha-tu+ra/i-la-´ PUGNUS.PUGNUS-la tu-wa/i-na si-sà+ra/i-li-na ku+ra/i-ti-sá SERVUS-lá/í-na, i.e. /a=wa awi hatturala PUGNUS.PUGNUS-la tuwin sisarlin Kurtis hudarlin/ ‘Come (and) hold your worshipper, Kurti’s servant, in life!’ Another possible occurrence may be found in ARSLANTAŞ, but the clause contains too many uncertain words for an in-depth assessment.

In addition to the verbal meanings outlined above, one form of the verb in particular can apparently serve yet another function. Thus, the 2sg. imperative seems to be used as in interjection in the letters, seemingly much in the way of colloquial English Come on!, e.g. in ASSUR letter f+g, §24: a-wa/i-wa/i (“PES”)pa+ra/i-ri+i ARHA-a (“PES₂”)a+ra/i-wa/i, i.e. /awi=wa padari ahha arawi/ ‘Come on – shall I walk back on foot?!’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:537).

[AH.B.]

The verb constitutes a formation that has arisen out of univerbation, in which a preverb linked with the verb /i-^(di)/ ‘to go’. It shows the same inflection pattern as its base verb, i.e. lenited endings (Sasseville 2021a:298-301).

[AH.B.]

1. /awimma-/

The verb is frequently (40 times) and widely attested throughout festival and ritual texts, as could be expected given its very general meaning ‘to come’ (from OH/MS manuscripts onward).

[E.R.]

Reading a-wi₅-˹ta˺in KUB 35.123 iv 10’ against Starke 1985b:251.

[E.R.]

Attestations checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz.

[E.R.]

The verb is used in absolute construction, with abl./instr. forms as well as a combination of the local particle -tta, adverbs and/or dat./loc. with postpositions (e.g., KUB 35.54 ii 39’-41’ a-ta a-[ap-p]a DINGIR.MEŠ-an-za ŠA EN.SÍSKUR pár-ra-an ni-[iš] a-ú-i-ti). Contra van den Hout 2010a:212, a good candidate for the serialization construction with awī- known from Hieroglyphic Luwian can be seen in KUB 25.39 iv 9f. (Ištanuwa-Luwian) pa-a-ta a-ú-i-du za-ar^!-ni-ia pár-ḫa-ad-du na-im-ma-an-za, but it would be the only one in the CLuw. corpus to date.

The function of awī- as a motion verb meaning ‘to come’ was first elucidated by Laroche 1958a:99-101, based on its intransitivity and syntactic combination with locatival case forms, as well as recognition of the preverb au- and the root ī- ‘to go’ in aw-ī-. This was further confirmed by the discovery of its HLuw. equivalent /awi-^(di)/ after the ‘New Readings’ (Hawkins, Morpurgo Davies & Neumann 1973a:23) and is generally accepted (cf. DLL:36; Oettinger 1979a:133f., CLL:43f.; Kloekhorst 2008a:992f.).

[E.R.]

The verb is a compound consisting of the preverb au- and the root verb ī-. Like uncompounded ī-, awī- belongs to the class of lenited mi-verbs (Morpurgo Davies 1982-1983a:257, 261; Sasseville 2021a:298-300).

[E.R.]

EDHIL:992, HEG U:156-163