išḫatar/n-
‘binding (?)’
- Language
- Palaic
- Grammar
- subst, n.
- ID
- 1563
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
išḫatar/n-
‘binding (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in a mythological passage perhaps pertaining to the festival for the Palaic pantheon.
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1.1.2Forms
| dat. sg. | iš-ḫa-an-ni | KUB 48.69, 5 | (CTH 754, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
The word išḫanni can be best interpreted as a verbal abstract noun in -ātar/-ann- to the root verb išḫa- ‘to bind (?)’. The sentence in which the noun is attested is not completely preserved, which hinders a verification of the semantics. Nonetheless, the morphological and lexical approach combined yield a meaning that is completely appropriate within the context, since the bull running up the sky has been bound (line 3).
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For the derivational base see Pal. išḫa-.