ušandalai(ya)-
‘related to the copious one or copious state’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 2384
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
ušandalai(ya)-
‘related to the copious one or copious state’1.1.1Transmission
The word is a hapax, attested in a NS copy of a ritual text that includes mythological passages.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. c. | ú-ša-an-da-la-iš | KBo 34.104 i 1’ | (CTH 457, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.
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1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The word has been regarded as a phonological variant of ušandarai(ya)- (see Otten & Siegelová 1970a:36, Starke 1990a:375, CLL:245, Fuscagni 2012c, HEG U-Z:112). The main argument for preferring this to a morphological doublet is that both the underlying a-stems and their derivatives in -a-i(ya)- show the variation (Starke 1990a:375). However, since the derivational base ušandal(i)- ‘copious’ can be shown to have a meaning different from that of ušandara/i- ‘gains-bringing’, it is more likely that we are dealing with two different suffixes.
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1.1.4Meaning
The lexical meaning assigned to this word is based entirely on that of its derivational base, ušandal(i)- ‘copious’ and is induced to be ‘related to the copious one, related to a copious state’.
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1.1.5Stem
The nom. sg. form in -aiš is indicative for a relational adjectival stem in -ai(ya)- derived from an individualizing or abstract/collective noun in -a-.
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1.1.6Origin
The assumption of Luwian origin is based on its typical Luwian stem class in -a-i(ya)- with the nom. sg. c. form in -aiš.
[E.R.]
For the lemma head see ušandal(i)-.