tatta-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1411
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian (Glossenkeilwörter)
tatta-
1.1.1Transmission
The stem is found only once in the fragment of a letter.
[E.R.]
1.1.2Forms
| 1sg. pret. ind. act. | ta-at-ta-aḫ-ḫa |
KUB 23.97 ii 10 | (CTH 210, NS) |
HEG T:271 and CLL:221 also make reference to ta-at-ta-x[ in KUB 35.79 iii? 5’ in Luwian context. However, the fragmentary state of that tablet prevents any analysis or even establishing a dictionary entry. – In earlier research, several forms of the verb ta- ‘step, arrive’ were assigned to this lemma and/or rejected, see Rosenkranz 1952a:23 and Güterbock 1956a:124.
[E.R.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photograph in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – The gloss wedges seem to be written over another sign.
[E.R.]
1.1.4Meaning
While Rosenkranz 1952a:23, 48, DLL:95, CLL:221 and Dempsey 2015a:245 refrain from any semantic interpretation, Hagenbuchner 1989a:170f. (followed by HEG:T 271) considers the possibility that the word is a verbum dicendi, because the following sentence contains the direct speech particle: (9’)nu-za-kán [a]t-ta-an [a]n-na-an x[ ] (10’) ta-at-ta-aḫ-ḫ[a n]u-wa-m[u ka-ru-ú] šal-la-nu-ut ki-nu-un-ma-wa ... . HEG:T 271 (following Hagenbuchner) translates: “und (in bezug auf) [Va]ter (und) Mutter […] (10’) ?-te ich: ‘Mich hast du [früher] groß gemacht (erzogen?). (11’) Jetzt aber ...’ ”. Considering the limited space at the end of line 9’, it is very probable that attan annan is the direct object of tattaḫḫa (rather than a limitative accusative). In addition, it is possible that =wa- is only left out in the sentence at line 9’f. and, accordingly, is itself part of the direct speech. The insecurities described make it impossible to assume a verb of speaking here with any certainty.
Another suggestion comes from Oettinger 2015d:276 (cf. Sasseville 2021a:360 n. 33), who considers a reduplicated form of CLuw. ta- ‘step, arrive’ and an etymological connection with CLuw. tattawali(t)-, a putative derivative of the same root (see under CLuw. ta-). However, neither the transitive syntax of the sentence nor the context support this. Outdated Friedrich 1947b:11.
[E.R.]