malwan-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 2032
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian (Glossenkeilwörter)
malwan-
1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found on a fragment of a historical text or treaty (Hoffner 1997a:106).
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1.1.2Forms
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nom./acc. pl. |
[( |
KBo 40.223 rev.? 4’ |
(CTH 832, NS) |
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erg. nom. pl. c. |
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KBo 40.223 rev.? 6’ |
(CTH 832, NS) |
The interpretation of the formation in -nt(i)- as ergative is tentative due to the fragmentary context. A possessive adjective in -nt(i)- remains a possibility.
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1.1.3Meaning
The meaning of malwan- cannot be recovered from the context.
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1.1.4Stem
The lexeme is most likely an n-stem (see Starke 1990a:227-244).
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1.1.5Origin
The word was already treated as Luwian by Hoffner 1997a:106 (followed by van den Hout 2006a:247 and Melchert pers. comm.). This origin is supported by the ending in -inz[i?] as well as by its probable connection to CLuw. malwara- and HLuw. ma-lu-wa/i-. For a possible but not yet provable Indo-European etymology, see under Lyc. A mlu-.
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