dūwaš-

The only clear textual assignment of the lemma comes from a fragment of the Kuwattalla tradition (attested from MS onwards)

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – The reading with an additional -aš- in du-wa-[aš-š]a at VBoT 60 i 7’ (contra DLL:101, Starke 1990a:107, and CLL:239) is necessary to fill the lacuna.

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For the semantic interpretation of the lexeme, see under tūwaš- ‘harvest, fruit’ (with references).

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For the classification as a stem in -aš-, see under tūwaš- ‘harvest, fruit’ (with references).

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The lexeme is attested only once with a gloss wedge, in a festival text from the cult of Išḫara (NS).

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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DLL:101, CLL:239, and HHw:183 do not offer a translation, while HEG T:496 and Ünal 2007a:746 remain quite vague, stating only that the word denotes “an ingredient.”

The gloss wedge word occurs in a festival description: nu ì l[a-a]ḫ-ḫu-u-wa-i tu-u-wa-aš-ša-ia iš-ḫu-u-wa-i “he/she pours out oil and strews tūwaš” (HFAC 54 + KBo 29.213 obv. 22). Starke 1990a:107 concludes from the predicate išḫuwai that tūwaš- must be a solid substance or item (cf., in contrast, the pouring of oil ibid.). Moreover, the combination with oil leads him to assign du-wa-[aš-š]a (VBoT 60 i 7’), which is also mentioned together with oil, to the same lemma. Finally, Starke 1990a adduces du-ú-wa-ša (KUB 35.21 obv. 24, in Luwian context), which occurs in a series of magic comparisons: something does not return to a tree (giš-i), something does not happen with the dūwaša, and something does not turn to seed. From this, he infers that the word is the name for an agricultural product. In spite of the divergent spellings with u and ú, the argument should not be dismissed too rashly, especially since one of the spellings comes from the Hittite tradition. Accordingly, the unified lemma is accepted by Melchert (in CLL:239) and Rieken 2007a:296. Rieken 2007a also suggests a slightly more general meaning, viz. ‘harvest, fruit’, repeated here.

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The attested nom./acc. forms in -ašša (sg. with secondary ending) and -aša (pl.) point to a neuter stem in -aš- (thus already Starke 1990a:107, accepted in CLL:239, HHw:183, HEG T:496, and Ünal 2007a:746).

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The use of the gloss wedge, the secondary ending -ša, and the match in Cuneiform Luwian transmission point to a Luwian lexeme (Starke 1990a:107, CLL:239, HHw:183, HEG T:496, van den Hout 2006a:246).

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For the lemma head see CLuw. tūwa-.