tīran-
‘(tool for roasting) (?)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, n.
- ID
- 2219
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
tīran-
‘(tool for roasting) (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a ritual that has not yet been classified.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. pl. n. | ˹GIŠti˺-i-ra-na | KBo 7.68 ii 2’ | (CTH 764, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
Starke 1990a:230 points out that GIŠtīran- occurs in a list of objects. He attributes the lexeme to the same root as the one of tiraimma/i- (an epithet of the sky), but does not offer any semantic interpretation (nor do CLL:227 or Tischler 2008a:199). The objects among which GIŠtīran- is listed are part of a feast for the gods and all of them are wašḫaiya ‘consecrated (?)’. Using the comparative evidence from CLuw. tir(a)i-(di) ‘to roast, blaze (?)’, it is likely that the GIŠtīran- represents a wooden object used for the purpose of roasting. However, definite proof is lacking.
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1.1.5Stem
Starke 1990a:130 interprets tīrana as the nom./acc. pl. of a neuter n-stem tīran- (followed by CLL:227).
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1.2 Luwian (Glossenkeilwörter)
tiran-
1.2.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested in a cult inventory from Šarišša.
[D.S.]
1.2.2Forms
| unclear | ti-ra-na-x[ |
KuSa 1/1.4 l.col. 21´ | (CTH 527, LNS) |
1.2.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv)
[D.S.]
1.2.4Meaning
The word is left untranslated by Hazenbos 2003a:156. The mention of utensils in the context supports the equation with the CLuw. word tīran- ´(tool for roasting) (?)´, although the fragmentary state of the context hinders any proper verification.
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1.2.5Stem
A neuter n-stem is suggested here; see under the CLuw. above.
[D.S.]
For a reconstruction of the likely related root, see CLuw. tir(a)i-(di).