partarīnali(t)-

The noun is attested only once in a NS copy of a birth ritual.

[E.R.]

No meaning for partarīnali(t)- listed in DLL:80, Starke 1990a:224 and CLL:171. The word occurs in fragmentary context together with two other nouns, mūtamūtali(t)- and tattawali(t)-, that show the same final suffixes -al(i)- and -i(t)- as well as the same case form (dat./loc. sg.). This suggests that, following Oettinger 2015d:276f., the three lexemes belong to the same semantic field. Based on other contexts, the scholar argues convincingly that mūtamūtali(t)- means ‘nuzzling area’ at KUB 35.115, 8’, and that also the other derivative in -ali(t)- denotes a location typical for an animal. While his proposal for tattawali(t)- ibid. 7’, ‘standing ground (for an animal)’, is far from assured, his translation of partarīnali(t)- as ‘deer pass’ has slightly more to recommend itself, because the base parta(/i)- ´leg, limb’ has more phonological substance than ta-, which makes its identification less insecure. Denominative -ra- could have formed a noun or adjective, which then was derived with -īna- to build a factitive verb. Then the suffix combination -ali(t)- was added in analogy with mūtamūtali(t)-. One could imagine a semantic chain ‘limb’ → ‘hooves’ → ‘leave (traces of) hooves’ → ‘location with (traces of) hooves, deer pass’. Admittedly highly speculative, this hypothetical development is mentioned here to emphasize that a formal analysis is possible and can easily be squared with Oettinger´s contextual interpretation.

[E.R.]

Synchronically, partarīnali(t)- is a neuter stem in -i(t)- parallel to mūtamūtali(t)- (see under Meaning).

[E.R.]

For the lemma head see CLuw. part-.