/ikkara(/i)-/, (PUGNUS+PUGNUS)i-ka+ra/i-
‘peasant (?), farmer (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 952
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/ikkara(/i)-/, (PUGNUS+PUGNUS)i-ka+ra/i-
‘peasant (?), farmer (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Karkamiš, dating to the late 9th or early 8th century BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. pl. | /ikkara/inzi/ | (PUGNUS+PUGNUS)i-ka+ra/i-zi-i | KARKAMIŠ A24a2+3, §4 (Karkamiš) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Despite a single attestation, the phonological interpretation of this lexeme is reasonably certain except for its stem-final vowel, see the discussion of the stem below. It appears to be a loan from Akkadian, see below under Origin, and is hence assumed to resemble the phonological form of its origin to a large degree.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The suggested meaning must be taken with caution, because the HLuw. context is too fragmented and generally ill-understood to confirm or disprove it. However, since the word is quite clearly a loan from Akkadian, it is reasonable to assume that it has the same or at least a very similar meaning.
[AH.B.] [I.Y.]
1.1.5Stem
A common gender noun, this word is likely a loan from Akkadian (see under Origin). It does not become clear from spelling whether or not it undergoes i-mutation, because sign *383 〈+ra/i〉 is underspecified regarding its vowels.
[AH.B.]
1.1.6Origin
The word is likely a loan from Akkadian ikkaru ‘plowman, farm labourer, farmer’; cf. CAD I-J:49-54.
[AH.B.] [I.Y.]