/puTi(n)t(i)-/, pu-ti-ti-
‘(an occupation)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, common
- ID
- 1326
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/puTi(n)t(i)-/, pu-ti-ti-
‘(an occupation)’1.1.1Transmission
Attested just once, this lexeme can be found in an inscription from Tabal, dating to the late 8th century BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. c. | /puTi(n)tis/ | pu-ti-ti-sa | ERKİLET 1, §1 (Tabal) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of the present lexeme is uncertain. Not only is the quality of the dentals unclear, hence the cover symbol /T/, but the second syllable may or may not feature a /n/, which regularly goes unexpressed in this position in the HLuw. spelling system. Without further evidence from HLuw. or a cognate link to another of the Anatolian languages, the matter must remain unresolved for now.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
From the context of its attestation in ERKİLET 1, §1, it is clear that the lexeme denotes an occupation of some kind (cf. e.g. Hawkins 2000a:494 and Giusfredi 2010b:121): IAVUS-ha-SARMA-ma-sa (DEUS)ma-ru-ti-ka-sa pu-ti-ti-sa, meaning ‘Huhasarma, the putinti- of (the god) Marutika’. But any further specification of the meaning remains out of grasp at present, although Meriggi 1967b:13 tentatively suggested ‘priest’ or ‘servant’ because of Akkadian parallels.
Payne 2010b:184 n. 11 mentions the present lexeme in connection to the verbs /puballa-/ ‘to write (?)’ and /puballi-/ ‘to write’, but makes it quite plain that this is mere speculation.
[AH.B.]
For the possible derivational base, see HLuw. /puT(i)-/.