ānzašša/i-
‘one of ours (?)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 2686
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
ānzašša/i-
‘one of ours (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested in a number of Hittite NS omen texts, i.e. two lunar omens (CTH 532, 533), a terrestrial omen (CTH 536), and a birth omen (CTH 538).
[O.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. c. | a-a-an-za-aš-še-eš | KUB 8.13, 8´ | (CTH 533, NS) |
| [a]-˹a-an˺-za-aš-še-eš | KUB 8.13, 6´ | (CTH 533, NS) | |
| a-an-za-a[š-š]i-iš | KBo 13.13 obv. 13´ | (CTH 536, NS) | |
| a-an-za-aš-ši-i[š] | KBo 34.119 obv. 2´ | (CTH 532, NS) | |
| [a-an-za-aš-š]i-iš | KUB 43.7 iii 8´ | (CTH 538, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
All forms have been checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
Note the hyper-plene spelling of the initial a- in the forms on KUB 8.13.
[O.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
In every preserved context, the word ānzaššiš is the subject of nakkuššiya/e-(mi) or nakkušešš-(mi) ‘to be(come) a scapegoat’ (CHD L-N:377). Accordingly, it is suggested that ānzaššiš denotes an animal in HW 2nd ed. A:124f. Conversely, a segmentation ānza=ššiš ‘his a.’ is favored in the CHD L-N:377 and Riemschneider 2004a:186f. prefers not to provide a meaning. On formal grounds, however, it is possible to interpret ānzaššiš as a (substantivized?) Luwian genitival adjective to the pronominal base ānza- ‘we, us’ with a resulting meaning ‘one of us’ or perhaps more likely ‘one of ours’. In either case, this interpretation remains tentative, pending further evidence.
[O.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Although only attested in the nom. sg., this word seems to inflect as a substantivized i-mutating adjective. This may be supported by the morphological shape — Luw. ānzašša/i- has the appearance of a genitival adjective in -ašša/i- formed to the pronominal stem ānza- ‘we, us’.
[O.B.]
1.1.6Origin
A Luwian origin of this word is favored by the genitival adjective suffix -ašša/i- along with the regular 1pl. pronominal base ānza- (cf. also Melchert 2005a:449).
[O.B.]
For the derivational base, see CLuw. ānza- ‘we, us’.