/tarwanašša/i-

This lexeme is found in a festival text pertaining to the month festival of Nerik.

[D.S.]

Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv). Based on the bulk of the attestations, which all refer to the same object, it is imperative to emend tar-wa-aš-ši-iš to tar-wa-〈na〉-aš-ši-iš (thus also HEG T:232; but cf. [11596]Tischler 2016b:91).

[D.S.]

Starke 1990a:428f. n. 1555 suggests that the phrase IN-BU tarwa(na)ššiš means ‘tree-fruit’ (in each instance kept in a bowlIn one case, the word IN-BU has been omitted.), thus suggesting that CLuw. tarwa(na)ššiš is a derivative in -ašša/i- of tāru- ‘wood’ (followed by HEG T:232; contra Haas 1970a:283, who posits two nouns in apposition, i.e. “fruits (and) tarwanaššiš”.) Melchert (CLL:219) finds the hypothesis attractive but assumes a base *tarwann(i)- to account for the n-spelling (thus probably also Starke 1990a:62; the word is also cited by Rieken & Sasseville 2014a:304, but may turn out to be a ghostword.). However, due to the consistently single spelling, it is better (though not certain) to posit an n-stem *tarwan- ‘tree (?)’ as the base.

No meaning is given by Laroche 1959a:94 or by Součková 2010a:285.

[D.S.]

For the stem analysis and the derivational base, see under Meaning.

[D.S.]

The genitival adjective in -ašša/i- makes it clear that the word has a Luwian origin (see under Meaning for the literature).

[D.S.]

For the lemma head see CLuw. tāru-.