nana-⁽ⁱ⁾

The forms ascribed to nana-⁽ⁱ⁾ are found in ritual fragments (from MS onwards).

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – The restoration [na-n]a-am-ma-an at KUB 35.54 iii 17 follows Watkins 1987a:423 and Watkins 1987b:402. Only the last vertical of -n]a- is still visible. – The reading of ⸢na-na^?-an^?-ta⸣ at KUB 35.100 rev. 1, and hence the assignment to the present lemma, is not entirely assured.

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Based on the context and parallel upamman ‘provided’, it is clear that the participle at KUB 35.54 iii 17 also belongs to a transfer verb: cf. ⁽¹⁷⁾[w]a-a-ar-ša-at-ta íd-ti [na-n]a-am-ma-an ⁽¹⁸⁾[m]un-ša-pa a-a-la-a-ti u-wa-a[-ni-ia-ti] ú-pa-am-ma-an “water is led from the river, and salt is provided by the remote rock face” (KUB 35.54 iii 17f.). Therefore, the restoration of [na-n]a-am-ma-an tentatively accepted here represents a good option. However, it must be emphasized that the connection with nanātti, whose meaning is not confirmed by any contextual clue, is less than assured and the etymological argument (see under Stem) plays an important role in the semantic interpretation.

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It seems to be common sense now that nana-⁽ⁱ⁾ is a reduplicated verb deriving from nāi-/niya-⁽ⁱ⁾ ‘to lead’, corresponding to Hitt. nāi-/ne(ya)-^(ḫi) ‘to turn’ (CLL:154, HHw:110, Puhvel 2007a:631, HED N:40, Dempsey 2015a:243, Sasseville 2021a:354f.).

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