ḫantawadaḫi(t)-

The word is attested only once in a LNS fragment that very probably belongs to the corpus of birth incantations (Starke 1985a:216).

[E.R.]

nom./acc. sg.

ḫa-an-ta-wa-da-ḫi-ša

KUB 35.123 iv 7’

(CTH 768, LNS)

Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz.

[E.R.]

Both ḫantawadaḫi(t)- and its base word ḫandawat(i)- are attested only in fragmentary contexts. Therefore, the semantic interpretation of the lexeme relies on that of the Hieroglyphic Luwian equivalent, which was elucidated at an early stage (see under Lemma), and its Lycian cognates. It is found first in DLL:40 (‘commandement’) and is frequently repeated with slight variation, e.g. Laroche 1979c:104-106 (‘royauté, royaume’), Starke 1990a:171 (‘Amt(sbereich) eine ḫantau̯atti-’), CLL:52 (‘position of supreme authority’), Hawkins 2000a:521 (‘kingship’), Tischler 2008a:43 (‘Führung, Herrschaft’), Yakubovich 2010a:42 (‘kingship’).

[E.R.]

The stem ends in the well-known suffix -aḫi(t)- for neuter abstract nouns (Starke 1990a:171). It is derived from ḫandawat(i)-, for which see under the Lemma.

[E.R.]

For the lemma head see PAnat. *Hant-.