tiwataniyama-

The word is found twice, once each in a tablet catalog and a ritual fragment (both NS).

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nom. sg.	ti-wa-ta-ni-ia-ma-aš	KBo 31.6 iii 9’	(CTH 277, NS)
gen. sg.	[t]i-wa-ta-ni-ia-ma-aš	KBo 31.96 i 9’	(CTH 458, NS)

Contra Fuscagni 2014e, who reads ⸢nu⸣-wa ta-ni-ia-ma-aš, the occurrence of tiwataniyamaš is more likely in view of the genitives ēšḫanaš ḫurtiyaš ‘of blood (and) curse’ in the preceding line.

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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The analysis of the suffix chain with suffix -m(i)- (transferred to -mi- and -ma- in Hittite) attached to tiwatani-^(ti) ‘to swear, curse’ implies a meaning ‘swearing, cursing’ also for the derivative tiwataniyama-. Support comes from the context in both fragments, viz. ēšḫanaš ḫurtiyaš ‘of blood (and) curse’ at KBo 31.96 i 8’ and arraḫḫaniyamaš ‘ranting, cursing’ at KBo 31.6 iii 9; cf. ^(8’)[x tup-p]u inim ^mmaš-ḫu-u-i-lu-wa ma-an-kán un-ši ⸢tuku^?⸣-aš eme-aš na-aš-ma e-eš-ḫar ^(9’)[na^?-aš^?-]ma ar-ra-aḫ-ḫa-ni-ia-ma-aš ti-wa-ta-ni-ia-ma-aš a-ri ^(10’)[na-a]n ki-iš-ša-an a-ni-ia-am-mi “[… table]t of the word of Mašḫuiluwa. If to a human the tongue of wrath^? or (a) blood(y deed), [o]r^? if ranting (and) cursing (tiwantaniyama-) comes, [then] I treat [hi]m in the following way” (KBo 31.6 iii 8’-10’, Dardano 2006a:182f.).

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A derivation with the suffix -m(i)- (on which see Melchert 2003b:195), adapted as -ma- in tiwataniyama-, is assumed by Rieken 2017e:249, contra Starke 1990a:254, who posits a stem built with the -m(ma)n- suffix. His view is followed by HEG T:399 and Hutter 2003a:226. However, the spelling with a singleton -m- speaks for -m(i)-.

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The scholars mentioning tiwataniyama- agree that it was borrowed from Luwian (Starke 1990a:254, HEG T:399, Dardano 2006a:185, Rieken 2017e:249; implicit Hutter 2003a:226). The same is assumed here, since it obviously derives from tiwataniya-^(ti).

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For the lemma head see CLuw. *tiw-.