tūmantiyatt(i)-

The word occurs twice in NS copies of the witašši- ritual, which is part of the Ḫuwaššanna cult with strong Luwian affinities (NS).

[E.R.]

dat./loc. sg.	Étu-u-ma-an-ti-ia-at-ti	KUB 17.24 ii 11	(CTH 691, NS)
unknown	Étu-u-ma-an-ti-[	KUB 32.105, 9’	(CTH 691, NS)

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – Both spellings, tu-u-ma- and tu-um-ma- are attested for the Luwian verb tum(m)anti-^(ti) ‘to hear’ even within Luwian contexts. Therefore, the singleton spelling at KUB 17.24 ii 11 and KUB 32.105, 9’ does not speak against an assignment to the word family.

[E.R.]

The relevant context of the lexeme shows that ^Étummantiyatt(i)- is a building of some importance, mentioned immediately after the deity’s temple itself: ŠÀ.BA I-NA ^Éka-ri-im-mi ŠA ^DḪu-u-wa-aš-ša-an-na ⁽¹¹⁾I-NA ^Étu-u-ma-an-ti-ia-at-ti I-NA ^Éa-la-an-du-wa ⁽¹¹⁾I-NA ^Éḫu-wa-i-ú-ti-iš-ša-an ku-e-da-ni pé-e-di ⁽¹³⁾IŠ-TU DINGIR-LIM SIG₅-at-ta-ri nu a-pé-e-da-ni pé-e-di ḫu-u-kán-zi “Inside the temple of ^DḪuwaššanna (or) in the ^Étūmantiyatt(i)-building (or) in the ^Éalanduwa-building (or) on the ^Éḫuwaiuti-building (or) at whichever place is deemed good by the deity at that place they sacrifice.” On etymological grounds, both Berman 1972a:157 and Starke 1990a:334 translate the word as ‘audience room’. However, they disagree on its derivational chain. While Berman assumes tum(m)mantiya- ‘obedience’ to be its base, Starke suggest a deverbal abstract noun derived from tummanti-^(ti) ‘to hear’. Both alternatives are supported by numerous formal parallels (cf. Starke 1990a:591, b. α. and β.), but the latter is semantically far more attractive. Thus, the translation ‘audience room’ is found in several handbooks (CLL:233, EDHIL:412; undecided DLL:99, HEG T/D:433 and Ünal 2007a:735) and is adopted here.

[E.R.]

As maintained under Meaning, the derivation from tummanti-^(ti) ‘to hear’ with deverbal -att(i)- is semantically preferable.

[E.R.]

The Luwian origin is assured by that of its base tummant- showing the specifically Luwian sound change #st- > #t- (Melchert 1994a:63); cf. DLL:176, CLL:233, EDHIL:412, HEG T/D:433.

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For the lemma head see CLuw. tumman(t)-.