/unanu(wa)-/, u-na-nu-
‘to teach’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1785
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/unanu(wa)-/, u-na-nu-
‘to teach’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Karkamiš, dating to c. 800 BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pret. ind. act. | /unanutta/ | (LITUUS)u-na-nu-ta | KARKAMIŠ A15b, §22 (Karkamiš) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Despite just a single attestation, the phonological interpretation of this word can be deemed certain. Not only is it attested in fully syllabic spelling, but it is also morphologically transparent, cf. the discussion of the stem below.
The logographic determinative LITUUS (sign *378) visible here is also present with the closely related verb /uni-(ti)/ ‘to know’, cf. Hawkins 1975a for a detailed analysis.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning was assigned by Hawkins 1975a:150f. based on the context and the morphology of the word, linking it to /uni-(ti)/ ‘to know’ and the causative suffix /-nu(wa)-/, cf. the discussion of the stem below. The only attestation in KARKAMIŠ A15b, §22 runs: ta-ni-mi-ha-wa/i-mu (ARMA)wa/i+ra/i-pi-na (LITUUS)u-na-nu-ta, approx. /tanimin=wa=mu warpin unanutta/, meaning ‘and he (scil. my master) taught to me every weapon/tool’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:131 and Yakubovich 2019a:553).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The verb belongs to the class in /-nu(wa)-(i)/ and is closely related to the verb /uni-(ti)/ ‘to know’, see Sasseville 2021a:470. The suffix is used to form causatives from verbs. It cannot be ascertained whether /uni-/ served as the immediate derivational base with its stem-forming /-i-/ lost, or whether a different base such as */una-/ should be assumed, although the former option is more direct and economical.
[AH.B.]
For the lemma head see HLuw. /uni-(ti)/.