tūm(m)antiya-

The noun is found in conjuration rituals, evocations, and prayers, all with south-eastern affinities (from MS copies onward).

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nom. sg.	du-um-ma-an-te-ia-aš	KUB 17.20 ii 10	(CTH 492, NS)
	tu-u-ma-an-ti-ia-aš	KUB 17.10 iv 33	(CTH 324, MS)
acc. sg.	tu-um-ma-an-ti-ia-an	KBo 2.9 i 21’	(CTH 716, NS)
	tu-u-um-ma-an-ti-[ia-an]	KUB 15.32 i 59	(CTH 484, NS)
	tu-um-ma-an-ti-ia-an	KUB 24.1 iii 10’	(CTH 377, NS)
	tu-u-ma-an-ti-ia-an	KUB 15.31 i 57	(CTH 484, NS)
	[t]u-u-um-ma-an-⸢ti-ia-an⸣	KUB 24.3 iii 25’ + 31.44 , 13’	(CTH 376, NS)
dat./loc. sg.	[t]u-um-ma-an-ti-ya	IBoT 3.83, 4	(CTH 492, NS)

Restoration as acc. sg. at KUB 15.32 i 59 confirmed by coordination with acc. sg. nu-ú-un.

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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Most frequently, tūm(m)antiya- with and without gloss wedges is the second member of a coordinated syntagm with nū(t)- ‘approval’ in lists of blissful conditions or wishes for blessings. On account of the parallel context at KUB 15.34 ii 10 (nu-ú-un iš-ta-m-a-aš-šu-wa-ar), Bossert 1956a:205-208 could show that tūm(m)antiya- equals Hitt. ištamaššuwar ‘obedience’ and is based on a stem tummant-, which he considered a cognate of Hitt. ištamana-/ištamina- ‘ear’. The semantic assignment found general acceptance (see DLL:99 with question mark, HEG T/D:431-433., CLL:233, HED E and I :459, EDHIL:412, Sasseville 2020c:277; skeptical Ünal 2007a:734f.: ‘fame?, reputation?, obedience?’. It was also confirmed by later research, since the other members of the word family are compatible with these interpretations (see under the relevant Lemmata). Outdated Alp 1991a:315f.

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Within Hittite, the inflection follows a-stem class. Presumably, underlying tummantiya- is a non-mutating a-stem in Luwian following the derivational pattern of verbal stem -i(ya)- → abstract noun in -iya- c.; cf. Starke 1990a:63 and 134, CLL:233 (still differently in Melchert 1990a:201), HEG T/D:432, Sasseville 2020c.

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Besides the evidence of the gloss wedges, the Luwian origin is assured by that of its base tummant- showing the specifically Luwian sound change #st- > #t- (Melchert 1994a:63); cf. Rosenkranz 1952a:23, DLL:99, CLL:233, Melchert 2005a:448-450, EDHIL:412, HEG T/D:433.

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For the derivational base, see CLuw. tummanti-^(ti).