ānnarumāḫi(t)-

The attestations of the lexeme occur in fragments of rituals and festival texts (mostly NS).

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nom./acc. sg. n.	an-na-ru-ma-a-ḫi	KUB 35.133 ii 30’	(CTH 665, LNS)
	an-na-ru-ma-a-ḫi-ša	KBo 13.260 iii 20’	(CTH 766, NS)
	[a]n-na-⸢ru⸣-um-ma-⸢ḫi-ša⸣	KBo 29.16, 16’	(CTH 761, NS)
abl./instr.	[a-an-na-r]u-um-ma-ḫi-⟨ta⟩-ti	KUB 35.16 i 11’	(CTH 760, NS)
	a-an-na-ru-um-ma-ḫi-⟨ta⟩-ti	KUB 35.45 ii 8	(CTH 760, NS)
	a-an-na-ru-um-[ma-ḫi-ta-ti]	KBo 29.31 iv 8’	(CTH 756, NS)
	an-na-ru-um-ma-ḫi-ta-ti	KUB 35.43 ii 38	(CTH 761, NS)
	[an-na-r]u-um-ma-ḫi-ta-[t]i	KBo 29.6 obv. 4’	(CTH 762, NS)
unknown	an-na-ru-um-ma-ḫi(-)[	KBo 29.17 iii 6’	(CTH 767, NS)

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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Already Forrer 1922a:222 correctly equated a-an-na-ru-um-ma-ḫi-⟨ta⟩-ti (still without emendation) at KUB 35.45 ii 8 with Hitt. in-na-ra-u-wa-tar ‘strength’ attested in the Hittite wish formulae, although the Luwian -aḫi(t)- suffix was fully recognized only later (see Starke 1990a:153f. with references). The resulting semantic interpretation as ‘strength’ soon entered the literature on Luwian; cf. DLL:27, Otten 1953a:86, HW:423, Kammenhuber 1959b:226f., HEG A-K:359f., Starke 1990a:159f., CLL:15, HED A, E, I:63, HHw:16, EDHIL:387, Maier 2013a:582).

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Starke 1990a:160 and Melchert 1983a:17 n. 33 agree that the abstract noun ānnarumāḫi(t)- is based on the stem *ānnarum(ma)n- ‘strength’. However, while Starke 1990a insists that all -āḫi(t)- stems are deverbal, and therefore posits an unattested intermediate verb *annarummai̯i- ‘to be strong’, Melchert 1983a also considers the derivation from the attested adjective annarumma/i- (built from *ānnarum(ma)n- ‘strength’), thus an adjectival abstract noun like ‘strongness’.Outdated are the reconstructions of an r/n-stem *annarumar, gen. annarum(ma)n- and an adjective *annaruman- ‘powerful’ by Melchert 1983a:17 n. 33, because there are no parallels for these formations in Luwian.

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In Hittite transmission, the word is found twice in NS duplicate fragments (both attestations restored) belonging to the state cult of the Tutelary Deity.

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gen. adj. nom. sg. c.	[an-na-r]u-ma-ḫi-ta-aš-ši-i[š]	KUB 2.1 iii 47	(CTH 682, NS)
	[an-na-ru-ma]-ḫi-ta-aš-ši-iš	KUB 44.16 iv? 2’	(CTH 682, NS)

The restoration of [an-na-ru-ma]-ḫi-ta-aš-ši-iš at KUB 44.16 iv^? 2’ is based on the parallel at KUB 2.1 iii 47.

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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The genitival adjective functions as the epithet of ^DĀla, the consort of the Tutelary Deity in series of several genitival adjectives in -ašša/i- built from Luwian lexemes KUB 2.1 iii 44-48: ^DĀla of peace, ^DĀla of ‘encircling(?)’, ^DĀla of “setting a time”, ^DĀla of annarumaḫi(t)-, ^DĀla of ]x-kutiya〈〈ya〉〉tḫi(t)-. Not much can be said about a common semantic feature of the epithets except that the first three seem to have a positive connotation, which accords well with the meaning ‘strength, virility’ seen in Cuneiform Luwian transmission (see under Lemma). Accordingly, McMahon 1991a:109 translates “^DĀla of forcefulness/power” in his edition (see there for further references).

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For the stem formation, see under the Cuneiform Luwian Lemma ānnarumāḫi(t)-.

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On account of the Luwian base annara/i- and the suffixes -āḫi(t)- and -ašša/i-, the Luwian origin of this word has never been doubted; cf., e.g., Rosenkranz 1952a:64, DLL:27, HW:423, Melchert 1983a:17 n. 33, HEG A-K:350, HW 2nd ed. A:79, Starke 1990a:159, CLL:15, HED A, E, I:63, Ünal 2007a:28, Maier 2013a:582.

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For the lemma head see CLuw. annara/i-.