tātariyamman-

‘curse’

Language
Cuneiform Luwian
Grammar
subst
ID
2484

1. Individual Anatolian Languages

1.1 Cuneiform Luwian

tātariyamman-

‘curse’

1.1.1Transmission

This lexeme occurs in various Luwian ritual texts attributable to the rituals of Kuwattalla and Šilalluḫi.

[O.B.]

1.1.2Forms

nom./acc. sg. da-a-ta-ri-ia-am-ma-an KUB 35.21 obv. 31 (CTH 761, MS)
    KUB 35.21 rev. 26’ (CTH 761, MS)
  da-a-˹ta-ri-ia˺[-am-ma-an] KUB 35.9 obv. 13 (CTH 757, MS?)
  ˹da-a-ta˺[-ri-ia-am-ma-an] KUB 32.9 rev. 7’ (CTH 761, MS)
  da-a-ta-ri-ia-ma-an KUB 35.21 rev. 7’ (CTH 761, MS)
  da-a-ta-ri-ia-ma-a[n] KUB 35.21 obv. 16 (CTH 761, MS)
  ta-a-ta-ri-˹i-am˺-ma-an KUB 35.45 iii 24’ (CTH 760, NS)
  [ta-a-ta-ri-ia-]am-ma-an KBo 29.19, 6’ (CTH 760, NS)
  [ta-ta-a]r-ri-ia-a-am-ma-an KUB 35.49 i 5’ (CTH 761, MS)
  ˹ta˺[-ta-ar-ri-ia-am-ma-an] KUB 32.14 + KUB 34.62, 9’ (CTH 761, NS)
  [t]a-t[a]-a[r-ri-ia-am-ma-an] KUB 35.60 ii 1’ (CTH 763, NS)
  [ta-t]a-ar-ri-ia-am-ma-an KUB 35.43 ii 30 (CTH 761, NS)
  [ta-ta-ar-r]i-ia-am-ma-an KUB 35.43 iii 37’ (CTH 761, NS)
    KUB 35.51 ii 16’ (CTH 760, NS)
  [t]a-ta-ri-am-ma-an KUB 32.5, 8’ (CTH 759, NS)
  ta-t[a-ri-ia-am-ma-an] KUB 35.70 ii 5 (CTH 762, NS)
  ˹ta-ta˺-ri-ia-am-ma-an KUB 35.43 iii 28’ (CTH 761, NS)
  [ta-ta-ri-i]a-am-ma-an KUB 32.4, 4’ (CTH 762, NS)
    KUB 35.29 i 7’ (CTH 761, NS)
  [ta-tar-ri-ia-am-m]a-an KUB 35.58 ii 8’ (CTH 759, NS)
  ta-ta-ar-ri-ia-m[a-an] KUB 60.36, 5’ (CTH 762, NS)
  ta-t[a-ri-ia-am-ma-an] KBo 34.245, 14’ (CTH 762, NS)
  ta-[ta-ri-ia-am-ma-an] KBo 47.136, 11’ (CTH 763, MS?)
nom./acc. pl. ta-a-˹ta-ri-ia˺-[am-]˹ma˺ KUB 35.45 iii 9’ (CTH 760, NS)
  [ta-t]a-ar-ia-a[m-m]a KUB 35.48 iii 11’ (CTH 760, NS)
  ˹ta-ta-ar˺-ri-ia-a-a[m-ma] KUB 35.15 ii 2’ (CTH 761, MS)
  [ta-t]a-ar-[ri-ia-a-am-ma] KUB 35.14 iv 2’ (CTH 762, NS)
  ta-ta-ar-ri-ia-am-na KUB 9.6 ii 13 (CTH 759, LNS)
  ta-ta-ri-ia-am-m[a] KBo 9.141 rev. 15’ (CTH 761, MS)
gen. adj. nom. sg. c. da-a-ta-ri-ia-am-n[a-aš-ši-iš] KUB 35.21 rev. 22’ (CTH 761, MS)
  [da-a-ta-ri-i]a-am-na-aš-ši-iš KUB 35.21 obv. 27 (CTH 761, MS)
  [ta-a-t]˹a-ri˺-ia-am-ma-n[a-aš-ši-iš] KBo 13.262, 7’ (CTH 761, NS)
  ta-ta-ar-ri-ia-a-a[m-na-aš-ši-iš] KUB 35.49 iv 11 (CTH 761, MS)
  ta-ta-ri-ia-am-na-aš-ši-iš KUB 35.28 i 4’ (CTH 761, NS)
  [ta-ta-]ri-i[a-am-na-aš-ši-iš] KUB 35.29 i 1’ (CTH 761, NS)
gen. adj. acc. sg. c. ta-˹a-ta˺-ri-ia-am-ma-na-aš-ši-in KUB 35.45 + KBo 29.3 iii 18’/2’ (CTH 760, NS)
  [ta-a-ta-ri-]ia-am-ma-na-aš-ši-in KUB 35.45 ii 27 (CTH 760, NS)
  ta-at-ri-ia-am-na-aš-ši-in KUB 35.50, 4’ (CTH 759, NS)
  [ta-t]a-ri-am-na-aš-ši-in KUB 35.77 ii 8’ (CTH 759, NS)
  [ta-ta-ri-a]˹m-na-aš˺-ši-in KUB 35.77 iii 2 (CTH 759, NS)
  [ta-ta-ri-i]a-am-na-aš-ši-en KBo 22.254 obv. 8 (CTH 762, NS)
gen. adj. acc. pl. c. ta-a-ta-ri-ia-am-ma-na-aš-ši-in-za KBo 35.45 ii 20 (CTH 760, NS)
  ta-ta-ri-ia-am-ma-aš-ši-in-za KUB 35.48 ii 13’ (CTH 760, NS)
gen. adj. abl./instr. [d]a-a-ta-ri-ia-a[m-na-aš-ša-a]n-za-ti KUB 35.9 rev. 10’ (CTH 757, MS?)
  [da-a-ta-ri-]ia-am-na-aš-ša-an-za-ti KUB 35.21 obv. 18 (CTH 761, MS)
  [da-a-ta-ri-ia-]am-na-aš-ša-an-za-ti KUB 35.23, 4’ (CTH 761, MS?)
  [ta-a-t]a-ri-ia-am-ma-na-a[š-ša-an-za-ti] KUB 35.51 iii 4’ (CTH 760, NS)
  ta-ta-ri-ia-am-ma-˹ša-an˺-za-ti KUB 35.48 iii 7’ (CTH 760, NS)
  ta-tar-˹ri˺-ia-am-na-aš-ša-an-za-ti KUB 35.58 ii 4’ (CTH 759, NS)

1.1.3Graphic Features

All forms have been checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv), except for ⟨ta-at-ri-ia-am-na-aš-ši-in⟩ on KUB 35.50, a tablet of which an image is not available at the time of writing.

Note the occasional geminate spelling of the -r-, e.g. 〈ta-ta-ar-ri-ia-m[a-an]〉 on KUB 60.36. The first vowel is sometimes spelled plene, e.g. 〈ta-a-ta-ri-˹i-am-˺ma-an〉 on KUB 35.45. Rarer is plene spelling of the third a-quality vowel, e.g. 〈˹ta-ta-ar-˺ri-ia-a-a[m-ma]〉 on KUB 35.15.

[O.B.]

1.1.4Meaning

CLuw. tātariyamman- is transparently analyzable as an abstract derivative in -mman- to a verbal stem *tatariya-. Such a stem is attested for Hieroglyphic Luwian, in which we find /tadariya-(i)/ ‘to curse’. Thus, the meaning of tatariyamman- is ‘curse’, which is appropriate for the Cuneiform Luwian attestations (thus also Laroche 1959a:95, Laroche 1959a:17, Starke 1990a:249f., HEG T/D:172, Melchert 2003b:197, Dempsey 2015a:245, Sasseville 2020b:113).

[O.B.]

1.1.5Stem

CLuw. tātariyamman- is a neuter stem formed with the deverbal suffix -mman- (see Melchert 1983a:17, Starke 1990a:243ff.) to a verbal base *tatariya- (cf. HLuw. /tadariya-(i)/).

An etymological radical connection is readily available in Hittite forms with tar-, meaning ‘to speak’, e.g. taranzi ‘they say’ (Melchert 1983a:17, HEG T/D:172, Dempsey 2015a:245). For the polysemy ‘to speak, curse’, cf. Av. zav- ‘to call upon, curse’ (Melchert 1983a:17).

[O.B.]

For the derivational base see CLuw. *tatariya-(i), but for a different radical formation, see PAnat. *tér-/tṛ-´.

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