/nanni(ya)-/,(DOMINUS)na-ni-ia-
‘of the master’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 2814
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/nanni(ya)-/, (DOMINUS)na-ni-ia-
‘of the master’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested 13 times, in Emirgazi, Assur, Tell Ahmar, Tabal, Commagene, Cilicia and Karkamiš. The attestations date from the second half of the 13th century to the early 7th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. c. | /nannis/ | DOMINUS-ní-sa | ALEPPO 3, §1 (Tell Ahmar) |
| acc. sg. c. | /nannin/ | (DOMINUS)na-i-ni-i-na | KARKAMIŠ A11b+c, §16 (Karkamiš) |
| nom./acc. sg. n. | /nanniyanza/ | (DOMINUS)na-ni-ia-za | KARKAMIŠ A15b, §4 (Karkamiš) |
| DOMINUS-˹ni˺-ia-za | BOYBEYPINARI 2, §17a (Commagene) | ||
| /nanninza/ | DOMINUS-ní-za | KARATEPE 1 Hu., §14 (Cilicia) | |
| dat./loc. sg. | /nanni/ | (DOMINUS)na-ni | KARKAMIŠ A6, §8 (Karkamiš) |
| DOMINUS-ní-i | KARATEPE 1 Hu., §15 (Cilicia) | ||
| DOMINUS-ni | BOYBEYPINARI 2, §19 (Commagene) | ||
| DOMINUS-ni | KULULU 4, §8 (Tabal) | ||
| [DOMINUS].NA | EMİRGAZI 2, §14 (Emirgazi) | ||
| abl./instr. | /nanniyadi/ | (DOMINUS)na-ní-ia-ti | TELL AHMAR 6, §6 (Tell Ahmar) |
| nom./acc. pl. n. | /nanni/ | DOMINUS-ni-i | ASSUR letter e, §12 (Assur) |
| dat./loc. pl. | /nanniyanz/ | (DOMINUS)na-ni-ia-za | KARKAMIŠ A15b, §17 (Karkamiš) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word largely rests upon that of its derivational base /nann(i)-/ ‘master’, see the discussion there. However, the suffix /-i(ya)-/ is well-known from many other formations. Like its nominal base, the lexeme is always attested in part logographic, part phonetic spelling, and it also shares the same similarity in orthographic and semantic terms with the adjective of its putative cognate /niya-/ ‘lord’, i.e. /niyay(a/i)-/ ‘of the lord’; the two lexemes cannot always be differentiated reliably.
[AH.B.] [A.P.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of the adjective is assigned based both on its morphology and its contexts of attestation. Thus, the word derives from the noun /nann(i)-/ ‘master’ with the suffix /-i(ya)-/, and it typically occurs within noun phrases as a modifier. Cf. e.g. BOYBEYPINARI 2, §17a: [ni]-pa-wa/i-ta-a á-ma-za DOMINUS-˹ni˺-ia-za PURUS.FONS.MI-sá á-˹lá/í˺-ma-za, approx. /niba=wa=tta amman=za nanniyan=za Suppiluliumas(sa) alaman=za/, meaning ‘or the name of my master Suppiluliuma’, in which /amman=za nanniyan=za Suppiluliumas(sa)/ modifies the nom./acc. sg. neuter noun /alaman=za/ ‘name’.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The adjective is formed with the suffix /-i(ya)-/, which forms adjectives of appurtenance, cf. e.g. Melchert 2003b:197, from the noun /nann(i)-/ ‘master’. As is expected for adjectives, the common gender forms undergo i-mutation, as is easily visible in the attested forms.
[AH.B.]
For the derivational base see HLuw. /nann(i)-/.