ašunama/i-

‘(unknown)’

Language: Cuneiform Luwian
Class: Derivative
Grammar: adj
ID: 2299

1. Individual Anatolian Languages

1.1 Cuneiform Luwian

ašunama/i-

‘(unknown)’

1.1.1Transmission

The attestation is found in a Luwian letter fragment (MS^?).

[E.R.]

1.1.2Forms

nom. sg. c.

a^?-šu^?-na^?-mi-iš

KBo 29.38 rev. 12’

(CTH 769, MS^?)

1.1.3Graphic Features

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – As indicated, the reading is far from assured.

[E.R.]

1.1.4Meaning

Given the fragmentary context and the doubtful reading, a semantic interpretation is impossible (CLL:38, HHw:28).

[E.R.]

1.1.5Stem

The word, whatever its root, constitutes the end of a clause, since it is followed by the sentence initial particle chain a=ada=dda. Therefore, it is most likely that the form in -miš is the nom. sg. of a participle in predicate function, or, less likely, an abstract noun in -m(i)-.

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