*sÉu̯h3-u-/-Éu̯-
‘full, complete’
- Language
- Proto-Anatolian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 817
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/su-/, (MANUS)su-
‘full, complete’1.1.1Transmission
Attested once in an inscription from Tell Ahmar, this hapax legomenon is dated to the late 10th or early 9th century BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. n. | /sunza/ | (MANUS)su-za | TELL AHMAR 6, §13 (Tell Ahmar) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological form of this lexeme can be interpreted securely despite its brevity and sole attestation, because it is part of a larger word family in HLuw. including the verbs /suwa-/ and /susu-/. This connection is further strengthened by the logogram MANUS (*59), which occurs with several words of the family, not least with HLuw. noun /suhida/ ‘completeness, fullness’ used in the same text a few clauses earlier (§9). In addition to that, it is connected to many cognate words in the other Anatolian languages, e.g. Hittite sūu- ‘full’ (cf. HEG S2:1125f.).
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning for this HLuw. lexeme was first proposed by Hawkins 2006a:23f., becoming clear immediately on both contextual and cognate grounds.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The adjective appears to conform to the usual adjective inflection, including the attachment of the particle /-sa/-za/ to the nom. / acc. sg. neuter.
[AH.B.]
1.1.6Compounds
1.1.7Derivatives
2. Reconstruction
2.1Reconstruction ‘full’
The Hittite adjective šūu- ‘full’ belongs synchronically to the paradigms of adjectival u-stems, whereas the Luwian adjective /su-/ is too poorly attested to assign it to any kind of stem class with certainty, although an adjectival u-stem is very likely. An original adjectival u-stem to the root *seu̯h3- ‘to fill’ has been reconstructed based on the Hittite cognate, i.e. *sÉu̯h3-u-/-Éu̯- (Melchert 1987b:24, HEG S:1127f. with further literature, EDHIL:794). The loss of the laryngeal has been attributed to its intervocalic position, although this may not be necessary, because it may have been analogical to the root verb PAnat. *sóu̯h3-/suh3-´, in which the loss of the laryngeal is regular. For a potential Palaic cognate, see Pal. šūšte.
[D.S.]
For the lemma head see PAnat. *sóu̯h3-/suh3-´.