kummaiyalla/i-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 1128
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
kummaiyalla/i-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
The word is attested once on small piece of a Luwian ritual from the Tauriša tradition.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. c. | kum-ma-ia-al-li-iš | KUB 35.110, 6’ | CTH 765, NS |
1.1.3Graphic Features
The reading has been checked against the photographs of the Konkordanz.
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1.1.4Meaning
Due to the fragmentary context of the word, nothing can be added to Melchert’s (CLL:109) short note “[o]bvious derivative of preceding [i.e. kummai(ya)-], but precise sense unclear”. Yakubovich’s interpretation in ACLT, s.v. (visited Jan. 10, 2019) ‘(a type of priest)’ is possible, but is probably based on considerations of derivational morphology, which, however, implies a only general meaning ‘related to a sacralized object’ (cf. the substantival use of nom./acc. pl. n. kummaiya in both Hieroglyphic and Cuneiform Luwian). Following Sasseville (Sasseville 2014-2015a:116-120), the suffixes -alla- c. for agent nouns and its derivational base -alla/i- for relational adjectives have to be kept apart (accordingly, also HLuw. /kummaiyalla-/ from CLuw. kummaiyalla/i-).
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1.1.5Stem
The lexeme is derived from kummaya/i- or rather its substantivized form kummaya by means of the relational suffix -alla/i- (see 4. Meaning).
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