ḫandawat(i)-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 1084
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
ḫandawat(i)-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
The only two attestations come from a LNS fragment that is probably part of a birth incantation.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | ˹ḫa-an-da˺-wa-te-eš | KUB 35.123 iv 1’ | (CTH 768, LNS) |
| acc. sg. | ḫa-an-da-wa-te-en | KUB 35.123 iv 12’ | (CTH 768, LNS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz.
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1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Contrary to its Hieroglyphic Luwian and Lycian cognates, CLuw. ḫandawat(i)- and its derivative ḫandawataḫi(t)- show a lenited alveolar (three attestations spelled with singleton -t-). In spite of the consistent spelling, etymological considerations led Starke 1990a:171 to posit a fortis consonant with defective spelling, but this is not followed here for methodological reasons.
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1.1.4Meaning
The fragmentary context does not provide any clue as to the semantic interpretation, but the Hieroglyphic Luwian and Lycian cognates supply possible bases, for which see under the respective Lemmata. Accordingly, Laroche (DLL:40) suggests ‘commandant(?)’, others translate similarly, i.e. CLL:52: ‘supreme authority, king’, Laroche 1979c:104-106: ‘chef, roi’, HEG A-K:150: ‘Kommandant’, Melchert 1994a:242: ‘ruler’, Tischler 2008a:43: ‘Anführer, Kommandant’, EDHIL:287: ‘supreme authority, king’, Oreshko 2013a:415 n. 199: ‘king’. Starke 1990a:171 offers no translation.
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1.1.5Stem
If the phonological interpretation as /ḫantawad(i)-/ (see above) is correct, the final suffix is /-ad(i)-/ c. (< *-éh2-t- c.), which is used to build nouns denoting individuals, objects or abstract nouns (contra Neumann 1970a:60 and Starke 1990a:171, who posit -att(i)-). For the ‘ranking’ suffix -wa- preceding /-ad(i)-/, see Oreshko 2013a:415 and Rieken & Sasseville 2014a:307-309.
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1.1.6Derivatives
For the lemma head see PAnat. *Hant-.