kuwayant(i)-

The only potential occurrence of the lexeme is found in a NS instruction.

[E.R.]

nom. sg. or nom. pl. c.

⸢ku⸣-wa-⸢ia-an-te⸣-[eš]

ABoT 1.56 iv 1

(CTH 256, NS)

The form is ambiguous, analyzable as a Luwian nom. sg. in -iš with i-mutation or Hittite nom. pl.

[E.R.]

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – The reading ku-wa-ia-an-ki suggested in DLL:59 (followed in HW:357, HEG A-K:686, HHw:s.v.) is not compatible with traces and, moreover, gives no plausible sense. The present reading follows the alternative proposal in DLL:59, also adopted in Miller 2013a:312.

[E.R.]

With the relationship with kuwaya-⁽ⁱ⁾ ‘to fear’ obvious, Miller 2013a:312f. translates the form as a predicative adjective/participle in the plural ‘(are) afraid’.

[E.R.]

The stem can be interpreted as a participial form of the verb kuwaya-⁽ⁱ⁾ ‘to fear’ or as a possessive -nt(i)- derivative built from a noun *kuwaya- c. ‘fear’. It is the base of kuwayanta- c. in Hittite transmission (see under Lemma).

[E.R.]

1. kuwayanta-

For the Luwian origin of the entire word family, see under the lemma of kuwayata-⁽ⁱ⁾.

[E.R.]