*Hantau̯oti̯o/i-

This lexeme is attested 14 times and can be found in inscriptions and seals mainly from Amuq and Tabal, but also Malatya and Karkamiš. The temporal distribution is quite broad, and the attestations range from around 1200 BCE for the LİDAR bulla to the 8^th century BCE.

[AH.B.]

The present lexeme is frequently found in the introductory clauses to inscriptions, where it is used in the detailed lineage of the author, typically in phrases such as ARSUZ 2, §1: EGO-mi IPURUS.FONS.MI HEROS wa/i-lá/í-si-ti-ni-za REGIO REX Ima-na-na REX FILIUS.NI-za, i.e. /ammu=mi Suppiluliumas hastallis falistinizzas wattani hantawattis Mananas hantawattis nimuwizzas/ ‘I am Suppiluliuma, the hero, king of the Falistinian region, son of the king Amanana’. The phrase /Mananas hantawattis nimuwizzas/ combines the noun /nimuwizzas/ ‘son’ with two modifiers in the shape of a genitive for the PN and an adjective for the title, signifying the possessive relationship of kinship in the most frequently used morphosyntactic coding (see Bauer 2014a:177-179).
Like the noun it is based on, the present adjective can also be found in the form MONS.REX in KULULU 8, l. 1, where it modifies the name of the mountain-god Sarruma in the phrase MONS.REX SARMA SERVUS, i.e. /watta-?hantawattis Sarrumas hudarlis/ ‘servant of the mountain-god Sarruma’.

[AH.B.]

This adjective is derived from its nominal base /hantawatt(i)-/ ‘king’ by way of the suffix /-i(ya)-/, which forms adjectives of appurtenance (see e.g. Melchert 2003b:197).

[AH.B.]

This lexeme is found in various grave inscriptions as well as on the inscribed pillar of Xanthos dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE and stylistically to around 400 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.).

[D.S.]

The word xñtawatije is found in a series of adjectives in the dative plural. However, the head noun is either missing in the lacuna or has not yet been identified. Formally, it is an adjective formation in -i(je)- derived from the noun xñtawate/i- ‘king, ruler’, (→ xñtawati(je)- ‘pertaining to the king, royal’) (thus Melchert in DLL:84).

[D.S.]