/am(m)att(a)-/, á-ma-ta-
‘(estate component)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, n.
- ID
- 1451
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/am(m)att(a)-/, á-ma-ta-
‘(estate component)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax legomenon is attested in a single inscription from Tabal, dating to the mid-8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. pl. | /am(m)atta/ | á-ma-ta-a | KULULU 1, §8 (Tabal) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this noun is provisional. Besides being attested only once, the word has not yet been linked to any cognates either in HLuw. or in the other Anatolian languages.
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1.1.4Meaning
The approximate meaning as denoting a component of an estate is assigned based on the context of attestation in KULULU 1, §8: ni-pa-wa/i á-ma-ta-a, approx. /niba=wa am(m)atta/, which is part of the protasis of an extended curse formula: ‘(He who shall demand these houses from Tuwati,) or (any) am(m)atta-, (or (any) laH(i)-, or (any) vineyard of vine(s) …), cf. Hawkins 2000a:443. Since the word occurs in a list ending with an agricultural component of the dedicated estate, viz. the vineyard, Hawkins 2000a:444 hypothesises that /am(m)att(a)-/ may likewise denote something related to farming, which is possible, but not provable. Even so a more precise pinpointing of the denotation remains out of reach without either more textual evidence or an etymology.
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1.1.5Stem
The word seems to be neuter a-stem derived with the suffix /-tt(a)-/ (cf. Melchert 2003b:196), although a collective cannot be excluded. Beyond that, it is not possible to analyse the formation without further textual evidence or a link to cognates either within HLuw. or in the other Anatolian languages.
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1.1.6Origin
No etymology possible.
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