ulip(a)n(i)-

The attestations of the word come from MS manuscripts of the Moon incantation and another fragment from an unknown ritual.

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dat./loc. sg.	[wa-l]i-ip-ni	KUB 35.99, 7’	(CTH 766, MS)
	wa-li-ip-ni-x[	KUB 35.99, 8’	(CTH 766, MS)
gen. adj. nom./acc. sg. n.	ú-li-ip-na-aš-ša-an-za	KUB 35.103 iii 9	(CTH 766, MS)
	[ú-li-i]p-na-aš-ša-an-[za]	KUB 35.102 rev. 9	(CTH 766, MS)
	ú-l[i-ip-na-aš-ša-an-za]	KBo 8.130 iii 6’	(CTH 764, MS)

For the meaning, see below under Lemma ulipna- (Luwian in Hittite transmission).

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The forms attested in Cuneiform Luwian are ambiguous as to stem and gender. Both a neuter a-stem ulipn(a)- and common gender ulipn(i)- are formally possible. Within Hittite transmission, ulipnieš may very well represent a Luwian nom. sg., which would point to ulipn(i)- being common gender. However, a Hittite plural in -eš cannot be entirely excluded.

Thus, it is the animate semantics of ‘wolf’ that speak for a common gender stem with i-mutation, and the common gender suffix -na-, which, according to Starke 1990a:410 n. 1477, is also seen in Hitt. paršna- c. ‘leopard’ and Luw. tarkašna- c. ‘donkey’.

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Within Hittite transmission, syllabically spelled ulipna- is attested four times, once in an inventory text and threes time in ritual incantations. Out of the frequent mentions of UR.BAR.RA, only two morphologically diagnostic ones are cited here (for further attestations, see Collins 1989a:79-91 and Weeden 2011b:635f.).

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nom. sg.	ú-li-ip-na!-aš⟨⟨-ša-an⟩⟩	KBo 3.8 iii 28	(CTH 390, NS)
	UR.BAR.RA-aš	KBo 6.2 ii 12’	(CTH 291, OS)
acc. sg.	ú-li-pa-na-an	KBo 3.8 iii 10	(CTH 390, NS)
dat. sg.	UR.BAR.RA-ni	KBo 6.2 iv 14	(CTH 291, OS)
nom. sg. or pl.	ú-li-ip-ni-eš	KUB 42.69 obv. 12	(CTH 245, NS)
unclear	ú-l[i-ip-… ]	IBoT 3.106 rev. 4’	(CTH 470, NS)

At KUB 42.69 obv. 12, the word denotes the figure of a wolf attached to a piece of ornament. The form ú-li-ip-ni-eš can be either a Luwian i-mutated nom. sg. or a Hittite nom. pl. of a borrowed a-stem ulip(a)na-. In either case the word must be a common gender noun.

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Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz. – Reading -na^!- at KBo 3.8 iii 28 follows Collins 1989a:79.

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In the context of KBo 3.8 iii 9-13 and 27-31, the stem ulipna- occurs in a string mentioning large-sized wild animals: DÀRA.MAŠ ‘deer’, paršana- ‘leopard’, ulip(a)na-, UR.MAḪ ‘lion’, and šaša- ‘antelope’. Therefore, it probably denotes another large wild animal. The meaning ‘wolf’ was first suggested by Götze 1962a:29, who pointed to another list (KBo 10.23 v 16’-25’), in which the logogram UR.BAR.RA ‘wolf’ occurs also between PÌRIG.TUR ‘leopard’ and UR.MAḪ ‘lion’, followed by ŠAḪ.GIŠ.GI ‘boar’, AZ ‘bear’, and DÀRA.MAŠ ‘deer’. This comparison alone is not conclusive, but further evidence comes from the use of the phonetic complement in UR.BAR.RA-ni (KBo 6.2 iv 14), which implies a stem in -n- or -na- (HEG U-Z:40, Collins 1989a:79f.), and from the phrase wayam(ma)na ulipnaššanza ‘the howling of u.’ in Luwian context (KUB 35.103 iii 9 and fragmentary KBo 8.130 iii 6’). In sum, the cumulative evidence for the equation of ulip(a)na- and UR.BAR.RA seems compelling.

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Within Hittite, the word could be a common gender noun in either -n- or -na-, but regular thematization in the borrowing process from Luwian to Hittite speaks for the latter. This is independent of whether or not ú-li-ip-ni-eš at KUB 42.69 obv. 12 is a Hittite or Luwian form (see under Forms).

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The word is listed in Melchert 2005a:448 as a Luwian loanword. Not only the formal equation with CLuw. ulipn(i)- points to a loan word from Luwian, but also the specifically Luwian sound change of *C(g)^u̯C > CiβC between voiced consonants accompanied by the rise of an anaptyctic vowel (see Reconstruction of the lemma head).

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For the lemam head see PAnat. *u̯Élg^u̯-.