māla
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian Istanuwa
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 2831
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
māla
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
The sole occurrence of the lexeme is found in a song incipit of the Ištanuwa festival.
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1.1.2Forms
| unknown | [m]a-a-la | KUB 25.39 iv 22 | (CTH 773, NS) |
Contra CLL:131, the fragmentary context does not permit a morphological analysis, not even the identification of the part of speech. A noun in the nom./acc. pl. n. represents only one of several possibilities.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – Although the left part of the first sign is eroded, Starke’s (Starke 1985b:330) reading can be considered the best option.
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1.1.4Meaning
Without context, the meaning must remain unknown. Therefore, the attractive connection with Hitt. māl- n. ‘mental power (?)’ (CLL:131) cannot be proven.
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