/lalhiliya-/, la+ra/i-hi-ri+i-ia-

This hapax legomenon is attested once in one of the Assur letters, dating to the late 8^th century BCE.

[AH.B.]

With only a single attestation, the meaning assigned to this lexeme is tentative. However, it is coordinated with (“COR”)na-hi-zi, /nahhinzi/ ‘fear’, which is likewise a hapax legomenon in HLuw., but easily linked to HLuw. /nahassa-/ ‘to fear’ and Hittite nāḫ/naḫḫ-⁽ⁱ⁾ ‘to fear, become afraid’ (cf. EDHIL:591f.). The context therefore suggests that /lalhiliya-/ denotes something similar, esp. since both nouns are preceded by the logographic determiner COR (*341), which is also found with HLuw. /nahhassa-/ ‘to fear’ and other words concerning perception and emotions. A suitable cognate would hence be the Hittite verb laḫlaḫḫiye/a-^(mi) ‘to be excited, be anxious’ (cf. HED L:13f.).

Based on the semantics of the context, a connection with the word family around Luw. /lahhi-/ ‘to travel, campaign’ appears unlikely.

[AH.B.] [I.Y.]

The present lexeme is a common gender noun in /-a-/ and does not undergo i-mutation. It is built on an otherwise unattested stem */lalhili-/, which might feature the reduplicated verb stem */lalh-/, found as laḫlaḫḫ- in Hittite (see HEG L:13f.). The attested noun may either represent a noun in -a- based on an adjective in /-i(ya)-/, or it may constitute an action noun in -a- derived from a verb in /-i-^(ti)/, i.e. /-iya-/ c.

[AH.B.] [D.S.]

For a possible Hittite cognate see under Meaning. Because on the uncertainly of the semantics and of phonological interpretation of the word, no reconstruction will be offered here.

[D.S.]