ḫuitnaima/i-
‘hunted down’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, common
- ID
- 1364
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
ḫuitnaima/i-
‘hunted down’1.1.1Transmission
The word is attested once in a medical text (NS).
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1.1.2Forms
| gen. sg. | ḫu-i-it-na-i-ma-aš | KUB 44.61 iv 17’ | (CTH 461, NS) |
Starke 1990a:561 (followed in CLL:83) identified the form as a Hittite gen. sg. of a participial stem ḫuitnaima/i- borrowed from Luwian.
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1.1.3Meaning
The derivational relationship with ḫuitar/n- ‘wild beast’ was already recognized by Burde 1974a: 20f., 23, but a convincing semantic interpretation was provided only much later by Starke 1990a:561. In the context preceding ḫuitnaima- (iv 14’), it is said that someone (the patient?) has killed a panther. After several ritual actions, they take UZUSA=ma ḫuitnaimaš=pat “a sinew of just that (=pat) ḫuitnaima-” (iv 17’), i.e. of the ḫuitnaima- panther, as Burde and Starke point out. Starke proceeds to conclude that the Luwian participle ḫuitnaimma/i-, which is derived from ḫuitar/n- ‘wild beast’ (see under Forms), would mean ‘hunted down (animal)’ and the underlying verb ‘to do what is typically done with wild animals’, that is ‘to hunt down’. As semantic parallels for the development, he adduces the derivation of Gk. θήρ ‘wild beast’ → θηράω ‘to hunt’ and Skt. mṛgá- m. ‘wild beast’ → mṛgáya- ‘to hunt’ (ibid. 561 n. 2085); cf. Lyc. qidr(e)i-(di) ‘to hunt(?)’ (see under lemma). Starke’s conclusive analysis is accepted in CLL:83, HW 2nd ed. Ḫ:681, and here, while no concrete translation is given in HEG A-K:271 (ein bestimmtes Tier?), Tischler 2008a:52 (ein jagdbares Tier?), HED H:353, Ünal 2007a:223 (an animal), EDHIL:355.
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1.1.4Stem
As stated above, the Hittite form is based on a Luwian participle ḫuitnaimma/i-. Several stem classes are possible for the underlying verb, but considering the parallel derivational process in Lyc. qidr(e)i-(di) ‘to hunt(?)’, though from a generalized r-stem, this class is favored here for ḫuitnaimma/i- as well.
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1.1.5Origin
In spite of the Hittite ending, the participial suffix -aimma/i- renders the Luwian origin of ḫuitnaima- absolutely certain (see e.g. Starke 1990a:561, CLL:83, Tischler 2008a:52, HW 2nd ed. Ḫ:681).
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For the lemma head see CLuw. ḫuit-.