/suraTi(ya)-/, CORNU+RA/I-ti-
‘satiated(?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 824
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/suraTi(ya)-/, CORNU+RA/I-ti-
‘satiated’1.1.1Transmission
A hapax legomenon, this lexeme can be found in an inscription from Amuq, which is tentatively dated to the 8th century BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. pl. c. | /suraTinzi/ | CORNU+RA/I-ti-zi | TELL TAYINAT 2, l. 1 3§i (Amuq) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this lexeme remains tentative. While it is highly likely that the word belongs to the family around /sur(i)-/ ‘abundance’ and the logogram CORNU (*108) has the regular syllabic reading <sú>, it cannot be said with absolute certainty that this reading should be applied here. In addition to that, the quality of the dental, here represented by the cover symbol /T/, does not become clear for a lack of cognates in closely related languages mediating the vagaries of the HLuw. writing system.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The inscription this hapax legomenon appears in is quite fragmented and therefore does not provide much context for a secure semantic interpretation. However, the relevant passage appears to detail how the author benefited from the generosity of the god Ea, to whom he attributes several good deeds: granting him goodness, grain and wine, as well as /astinzi suraTinzi izzida/, which should very likely be interpreted as ‘he satiated the bewitched(?)’ (literally: ‘he made satiated the bewitched(?)’).The equation of 〈CORNU+RA/I-ti-zi〉 with /suTir(i)-/ ‘greed’, tentatively proposed by Hawkins 2000a:372, is void.
[AH.B.] [I.Y.]
1.1.5Stem
The adjective appears to be derived with the well-known suffix /-i(ya)-/, which is subject to i-mutation. Its derivational base would be an unattested */suraT(i)-/ ‘satiety (vel sim.)’ and constitute a denominal noun formed with the suffix /-aT(i)-/ from the noun /sur(i)-/ ‘abundance, fullness’ (cf. Yakubovich 2015b:21).
[AH.B.]
For the ultimate derivational base see HLuw. /su-/.