tattarawa-

The word is found once in a MH ritual for the Tutelary Deity of the Hunting Bag (^DKAL ^KUŠkuršaš).

[E.R.]

3sg. impv. act.

[t]a-at-ta-ra-wa-ad-du

KBo 17.105 iii 34

(CTH 433, MS)

Bawanypeck 2005a:94, 101 reads the item as ⸢ša^?⸣-at/la-ta-ra-wa-ad-du. However, the decision between -at- and -la- is an easy one on account of the sign showing the typical form of AT, supported by the following -ta-. Instead, it is the visible right part of the initial sign that is ambiguous between ŠA and TA, but the meaning assigned below (see under Meaning) reveals the relationship with tarrawa- and proves [t]a- to be the correct reading.

[E.R.]

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. On the spelling with single -r-, see under Meaning.

[E.R.]

The form remained untranslated in McMahon 1995a:266, Bawanypeck 2005a:94, 101 and Ünal 2007a:622 s.v. šatarawi-. In the preceding contexts the Heptads are requested to act kindly towards the royal family and the augurs, and to “give” them a path. The following short sentence consists of the two asyndetic verbs [t]attarawaddu zallimiššadu. A wish concerning the characteristics of a path (Melchert pers. comm.) probably refers to its security, broadness or viability. Given the likely interpretation of zallimmišša-⁽ⁱ⁾ as ‘(imperf.) to be covered, be protected’, on the one hand, and the word structure that points to a reduplicated verb ta-ttar(r)awa-, on the other hand, the link with tarrawa-^(ti) and, further, with Hitt. tarrawā(i)-^(mi) ‘to establish, institute’ (← ‘to fix’, NHG ‘festsetzen’, on which see Melchert 2020a:547) seems obvious. Consequently, the verb form can confidently be understood as ‘let it (scil. the path) be firm’, describing another desirable feature of the path next to being protected. 

The only draw-back of this analysis is the spelling with single -r-, but this can very well be a defective spelling in the isolated instance of the word or, less likely, the spelling renders /tattra-/ with a zero grade root in the reduplicated form.

[E.R.]

As submitted under Meaning, ta-ttar(r)awa- represents a reduplicated verb, which can theoretically be either tattar(r)awa-^(ti) or tattar(r)awa-⁽ⁱ⁾. Note that the reduplication functionally parallels the -šša-⁽ⁱ⁾ suffix in zallim(m)išša-⁽ⁱ⁾.

[E.R.]

The asyndetic coordination of the two verbs gives the impression of a fixed formula. Consequently, since one of them is decidedly Luwian, the other one probably also belongs to the same language. Moreover, the 3sg. impv. act. in -addu points in the same direction, because the ending is rare in Hittite, but relatively frequent in Luwian.

[E.R.]

For the lemma head, see CLuw. tarrawa-.