(u)warannaḫi(t)-

The attestations known so far all belong to texts of the Kuwattalla tradition (both MS and NS copies).

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nom./acc. sg.	[ú-wa-ra-an-n]a-ḫi-š[a]	KUB 35.20 rev. 11	(CTH 761, MS)
	ú-wa-ra-an-na-ḫi-ša	KUB 35.45 ii 23	(CTH 760, NS)
	[ú-wa-ra-an]-na-ḫi-ša	KUB 35.48 ii 17’	(CTH 760, NS)
	[ú-wa-ra-an-n]a-a-ḫi-ša	KUB 35.12 iii 3	(CTH 762, NS)
	[ú-wa-ra-an-n]a-a-ḫi-ša	KUB 32.10, 10’	(CTH 761, MS?)
	wa-a-˹ra-na˺-[a-ḫi-ša]	KUB 35.43 iii 3	(CTH 761, NS)
	u-ra-an-ni-ḫi-š[a]	KBo 29.37, 6’	(CTH 763, NS)

The attestation at KBo 29.21, 4’ mentioned in Starke 1990a:167 n. 550 and CLL:258 does not belong to the present lexeme, because it must probably be read as wa-ra-an-t[i. – In addition to that, the assignment of wa-ra-an[ at KUB 9.7 iii 4’ is unlikely, since no further sign seems to follow (see also Starke 1985b:168 n. 3) and the context differs considerably from that of the other texts. – Also, at KUB 35.122, 4’ (wa-ra-a[n) there is no context to support the assignment. – wa-ar-ra-an[- at KBo 29.6 obv. 19’ cannot belong here on account of the geminate -rr- (cf. Starke 1990a:167 n. 550).

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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The neuter abstract noun (u)warannaḫi(t)- is always asyndetically collocated with iunaḫi(t)- ‘capacity to walk’ (see under Lemma). The two terms are part of a list of body parts and physical bodily features of the ritual client to be restored: ALAM-ša mi-i-ša-an-za ḫa-aš-ša ḫal-ḫal-za-ni-in ú-wa-ra-an-na-ḫi-ša i-ú-na-ḫi-ša la-al-pí-in ku-wa-an-na-ni-in ma-aš-ša-na-al-li-in KASKAL-an KUB 35.45 ii 22–24 “figure, flesh (and) bones, ḫ., (u)warannaḫi(t)-, capacity to walk, eyelash, (eyebrow), divine path.” The collocation and parallelism of word formation (for the suffix -aḫi(t)-, see under Stem) points to a similar and positively connotated meaning.

An early attempt starts from an etymological connection with Luw. ura/i- ‘great’ and its derivative urann(i)- (Starke 1990a:167, 295 n. 1006), which would presumably result in a meaning ‘greatness’ or ‘growth’. Considering that (u)warannaḫi(t)- is a transparent formation with a productive suffix and the root allomorph **war- is not attested, serious doubts regarding this analysis arise. Accordingly, no translation is given in CLL:257 and HHw:220.

More recently, Yakubovich 2017d translates ‘strength’, probably based on the assumed meaning of the base word warann(i)- ‘strong’ (thus and its compound DUMU-ann(i)- /ni-warann(i)-/ ‘son, child’); cf. Poetto 1995b:32, 34. The latter interpretation was suggested in the context of Hieroglyphic Luwian research, where the gemination of consonants is not rendered by the script. Therefore, it was possible to derive putative /ni-warr-ann(i)-/ from ‘having no help, helpless’, parallel with /ni-muw-izza-/ ‘having no strength’ (for references, see under Lemma). However, if the plausible connection between the above lexemes is to be upheld, the phonological interpretation of the HLuw. spelling needs to be revised as /ni-war-ann(i)-/ with non-geminate /-r-/, voiding the assumed connection with the root warr- ‘help’.

A new suggestion comes from Sasseville 2021a:329, who adduces other reflexes of the root *war- ‘to speak’ and interprets (u)warannaḫi(t)- as ‘capacity to speak’, while /ni-war-ann(i)-/ is  ‘the non-speaking one, i.e. the child’ and /warann(i)-/ is ‘the speaking one’. Although Sasseville does not elaborate on his semantic assignments, they are adopted here since both walking (upright on two legs) and speaking are prototypical human capacities that one would wish to restore if lost, and not to being able to speak is a characteristic of the new-born child. Later, the term /ni-war-ann(i)-/ can easily have been secondarily extended to any kind of child.

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The suffix -aḫi(t)- was already recognized by Otten 1953a:63. Starke 1990a:167 derives the word from warann(i)-, followed by Melchert (CLL:257), and the identification of the root *war- ‘to speak’ goes back to Sasseville 2021a:329. Thus, from the combination of these insights almost the entire derivational chain can be deduced: *war- ‘to speak’ → war-ann(i)- ‘the speaking one’ → warann-aḫi(t)- ‘feature of a person related to speaking, i.e. capacity of speaking’.

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For the lemma head see Luw. *war-.