ayatni(ya)-
‘pertaining to the act (?)’
- Language
- Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 1694
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
ayatni(ya)-
‘pertaining to the act (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a cult text for the deity Išḫara.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. or gen. sg. (?) | a-ia-at-ni-ia-aš | KUB 40.2 rev. 29 | (CTH 641, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
[D.S.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word ayatniyaš occurs in a list of cult implements and is modified by an-da ap-pa-an-da ‘fully equipped ayatniyaš’. The lacuna immediately before ayatniyaš renders any interpretation tentative. A formation related to Luw. āyattar/n- n. ‘act (?)’ was pointed out by DLL:24. Melchert (CLL:44) takes it as a relational adjective in -i(ya)-, i.e. ayatni(ya)- ‘of the act (?)’. Chrzanowska 2011b follows HHw:12 in taking it as a cult implement, which would indicate a substantivization of the relational adjective, i.e. some implement pertaining to an act (?).
[D.S.]
1.1.5Stem
The type of substantivization, which is likely to have occurred, is unclear with respect to its gender and nominal stem class.
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1.1.6Origin
The presence of the suffix -atn- (from -attar/n-) serves as strong evidence for a Luwian origin as well as its direct relationship to the Luwian abstract base āyattar/n- ‘act (?)’. The word was already considered Luwian by DLL:24 and followed by Melchert (CLL:44).
[D.S.]
For the derivational base, see CLuw. āyattar/n-.