luwamm(i)-

Attested twice in the same Hittite text (in LNS), a list of breads to be offered for the Hurrian deity Ibrimuša during a ritual.

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acc. sg. c.	[NINDA]˹lu-wa˺-am-me-i-en	KUB 25.50 ii 3	(CTH 705, LNS)
	˹NINDA˺lu-wa-am-me-i-en	KUB 25.50 ii 8	(CTH 705, LNS)

The attestations follow CLL:130 and CHD s.v. (cf. also Ünal 2007a:414, Ünal 2016a:328); checked against and slightly corrected based on the photograph of the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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Although due to the determinative it is clear that we are dealing with a bread or similar (cf. CLL:130; HEG L-M:80, Tischler 2008a:106, Tischler 2016a:201; Ünal 2007a:414, Ünal 2016a:328; CHD s.v.), since its context is only a list of other breads (mainly of unknown meaning: alli-bread, chick-pea bread, (al)lattari(ya)-bread and wištatni(m)m(i)-bread [cf. Wegner 2002a:176], for the latter two see also s.vv.), it is not possible to clarify the meaning further: it may refer to the shape, the ingredients, the origin, and the technology used for the preparation of the bread. For a possible etymology that may contribute to the meaning see under Origin.

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Starke 1990a:328f.; HEG L-M:80, Tischler 2008a:106, Tischler 2016a:201 and CLL:130 suggest a Luwian origin based on the form, presumably a substantivized participle (of lūwa- ‘to pour’ [see s.v.] as ‘*that which is poured’, according to Starke, followed by Melchert); nevertheless it was not included in the lists of Luwianisms of Melchert 2005a and van den Hout 2007a.

Melchert adds the context as a supporting argument, whereas Tischler points to the semantic field of food terms. Food names can indeed be of foreign origin, but this is not a conclusive argument. The context does not suggest Luwian origin either: it is a list of bread offerings to a Hurrian deity written in Hittite (Wegner 2002a:176) and thus, there is no need to look for Luwian origins. Incidentally, the list consists of a bread name written only Sumerographically, a bread name of unknown origin (alli-), a bread name that may be of Luwian origin (wištatni(m)m(i)-, see s.v.) and yet another one, which is probably not ((al)lattari(ya)-, see s.v.) – but the elements of the list obviously do not have to be of the same origin.

All in all, the morphology of the word suggests a Luwian origin.

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