mammalḫuwa-(i)
‘to crush, break’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2816
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
mammalḫuwa-(i)
‘to crush, break’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested in Luwian ritual texts, e.g. the Great ritual (šalli aniur).
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1.1.2Forms
| 1pl. pres. ind. act. | ma-am-ma-al-˹ḫu˺-un-ni | KBo 29.16 ii 3´ | (CTH 760, NS) |
| [ma-am-m]a-al-ḫu-un-ni | KBo 29.16 ii 5´ | (CTH 760, NS) | |
| 3sg. pres. ind. act. | ma-am-ma-lu-wa-˹i˺ | KBo 22.254 obv. 6 | (CTH 762, NS) |
| ˹ma˺-[am]-ma-al-wa-i(=) | KBo 29.3 iii 1´ | (CTH 761, MS?) | |
| KUB 35.45 iii 17´ | (CTH 761, MS?) | ||
| ma-am-ma-al-w[a-i] | KBo 71.94, 3´ | (CTH 759, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
All forms have been checked against the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of Cuneiform Luwian as ‘to crush, break’ is confirmed by Melchert 1988b:215f. on the basis of functionally equivalent Hittite passages where the verb corresponds to Hitt. arḫa duwanizzi ‘breaks apart’ (KBo 22.254 ii 4-5´) and paršiya ‘breaks’ (KBo 29.16 ii 6´). This analysis is further supported by the connection to Hitt. malla-(i) ‘to grind’ and consensual (cf. e.g. Starke 1990a:307 n. 1050, CLL:134, Rieken 1999a:70 n. 335, Jasanoff 2003a:64 n. 127, Frotscher 2012a:151, Oettinger 2013-2014a:164, Dempsey 2015a:226, Sasseville 2021a:351). According to Sasseville (ibid.), the reduplication indicates distributive function, since the objects in the 3sg. pres. attestations are several tongues rather than one.
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1.1.5Stem
CLuw. mammalḫuwa-(i) is a ḫi-conjugating stem. In contrast to the Hittite cognate malla-(i) ‘to grind’, it seems to continue a u-extended root (cf. Melchert 1988b:215f., HED M:24f., Sasseville 2021a:194).
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For the derivational base, see CLuw. malḫu-.