PANIS-ni-na-
‘(form or type of bread)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 2375
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
PANIS-ni-na-
‘(form or type of bread)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Assur, dating to the late 8th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. pl. | /.../ | PANIS-ni-na-i | ASSUR letter f+g, §48 (Assur) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is unclear, since it is spelt only partly syllabically and has not yet been connected to any possible cognates. Melchert 1988b:225f. suggests that it may be related to the noun HLuw. /tunikkala-/ ‘baker’, which is possible, but cannot be proved on the basis of the available data. The logogram PANIS (sign *181) is otherwise mostly used with the noun HLuw. /turp(i)-/ ‘bread’, which the present noun may or may not be related to by way of derivation. Further textual evidence is needed.
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1.1.4Meaning
That the word denotes a form or type of bread is assumed on the basis of the spelling with PANIS, cf. e.g. Melchert 1988b:225f., and the context supports the assignment at ASSUR letter f+g, §48, reading: a-wa/i-wa/i-za PANIS-ni-na-i NEG2-a a-sa-ti, approx. /awi=wa=anza …-nina na asti/, meaning ‘Come on, (there) are no PANIS-nina- breads for us!’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:537). In fact, a few clauses earlier, the writer of the same letter relates that their baker has absconded, asking the addressee to catch them and send them back.
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1.1.5Stem
From the context, the noun is judged to be a neuter gender, see Melchert 1988b:226, and therefore to be kept distinct from the similarly spelt 〈PANIS-ni-na〉 at KULULU 3, §4, which is contextually judged to be a common gender noun with a related, but different meaning, see HLuw. /adun(i)-/ ‘provision’.
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