māya(/i)-

This lexeme is found mainly in the Great Ritual of Kuwattalla and Šilalluḫi, but it is also found once in a ritual with mythological content (KUB 35.108, 16’; CTH 765).

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gen. adj. nom. sg. c.	ma-a-ia-aš-ši-iš	KUB 35.28 i 10’	(CTH 761, NS)
	ma-a-ia-aš-ši-iš	KUB 35.108, 16’	(CTH 765, MS)
	ma-a-ia-aš-˹ši-iš˺	KUB 35.21 rev. 24’	(CTH 761, MS)
	ma-ia-aš-ši-iš	KUB 35.28 i 6’	(CTH 761, NS)
	ma-i[a-aš-ši-iš]	KUB 35.46, 8’	(CTH 761, NS)
	[ma-a-i]a-aš-ši-iš	KBo 13.262, 8’	(CTH 761, NS)
	[ma-a-ia-aš-ši-i]š	KUB 35.77 ii 3’	(CTH 759, NS)
gen. adj. acc. sg. c.	ma-a-i-ia-aš-ši-in	KUB 35.45 iii 19’	(CTH 760, NS)
	ma-a-ia-aš-ši-in	KUB 35.45 iii 24’	(CTH 760, NS)
		KUB 35.29 i 14’	(CTH 761, NS)
		KUB 35.43 iii 37’	(CTH 761, NS)
	ma-a-ia-a[š-ši-i]n	KUB 32.9 rev. 31’	(CTH 761, MS)
	[m]a-˹a˺-ia-aš-ši-in	KUB 35.23, 2’	(CTH 761, MS?)
		KUB 35.59 ii 5’	(CTH 760, NS)
	[ma-a-i]a[-aš]-˹ši˺-<in>	KUB 35.70 ii 5	(CTH 762, NS)
	ma-ia-aš-ši-i[n]	KUB 35.60 ii? 2’	(CTH 763, MS?)
	ma-a-ia-aš-š[i-in]	KBo 47.136, 3’	(CTH 763, MS?)
	ma-a-ia-aš-[ši-in]	ABoT 2.239, 3’	(CTH 763, NS)
	ma-i-ia-aš-[ši-in]	KUB 35.50, 6’	(CTH 759, NS)
	ma-a-[ia-aš-ši-in]	KBo 40.276 iv 15’	(CTH 762, NS)
	[ma-ia-aš]-ši-in	KBo 29.5, 4’	(CTH 761, NS)
	[ma-a-ia-aš-ši-i]n	KBo 29.46, 3’	(CTH 770, N/A)
	[ma-a-i]a-[aš-ši-in]	HFAC 18, 1’	(CTH 761, NS)
gen. adj. abl./instr.	[ma-a]-ia-aš-ša-an-za-ti	KUB 35.24 obv. 4’	(CTH 761, MS)
	ma-a-˹ia˺-aš-ša-an-za-ti	KUB 32.9 rev. 34’	(CTH 761, MS)
	[ma-a-i]a-aš-ša-an-za-ti	KBo 30.190 iii? 3’	(CTH 761, NS)
	[ma-a-i]a-aš-ša-an-za-˹ti˺	KUB 35.26 l.col. 8’	(CTH 763, NS)
unclear	ma-ia-aš-š[a-	KUB 35.32 r.col. 5’	(CTH 767, NS)

For the recognition of the attestation in KBo 47.136, 3’, see Sasseville 2019b:120. For the restoration of KBo 40.276 iv 15’, see Sasseville 2021a:561f.

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The Luwian expression māyaššiš EME-iš was compared to Hittite pangawaš EME-aš ‘the tongue of the crowd’, which led to the approximate semantic assignment ‘of the crowd’ to māyašša/i- (Otten 1953a:38, Laroche 1959a:65, Starke 1990a:506, outdated Meriggi 1957b:66). Considering the Hittite word ^LÚmāya- ‘adult(hood)’ (as emphasized by Melchert (CLL:146)), the meaning ‘adulthood’ is more adequate for the Luwian base māya(/i)- and, therefore, māyaššiš EME-iš can be translated as ‘the tongue of adults/adulthood/adult crowd’. Considering that the “tongue” in this expression refers to something negative that has been uttered by people, Yakubovich 2010d:47 translates ‘the slander by the adults’ (likewise Sasseville 2020b:113 “calomnie”).

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Since the Luwian lexeme is only attested in the genitival adjective, nothing can be said about its nominal stem class.

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1. ma-ia-al-[ … ] (KUB 35.32 r.col. 6’; CLL:146 restores mayalla/i-, but non liquet!)

For the lemma head see CLuw. mai-/-iya-⁽ⁱ⁾.