walpaimann(i)-
‘(a type of pastry)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 2838
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
walpaimann(i)-
‘(a type of pastry)’1.1.1Transmission
The term occurs only in the witaššiya-, ḫuwaššanna- and šaḫḫan- festival texts, which show strong Luwian influence. More than 30 attestations are known from the MH period onward. A representative sample is cited below.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | [NINDAwa-a]l-pa-i-ma-an-ni-iš | KUB 27.55 iv 10’ | (CTH 692, NS) |
| NINDAwa-al-pa-i-ma!-an-ni-iš | KUB 12.18, 5 | (CTH 694, NS) | |
| ˹NINDAwa˺-al-pa-i-ma-˹an-ni˺-iš | KUB 17.24 ii 20 | (CTH 691, NS) | |
| [NINDAw]a-al-pa-i-m[a-an-ni-iš] | KUB 17.24 ii 24 | (CTH 691, NS) | |
| NINDAwa-al-pa-i-ma-an-ni-iš | KBo 22.229 ii? 8’ | (CTH 694, MS?) | |
| acc. sg. | NINDAwa-al-pa-im-ma-a[n-ni-in] | KBo 42.16 ii 17’ | (CTH 692, NS) |
| [NINDAwa-al-pa-i-ma]-an-ni-in | KUB 27.61 i 13 | (CTH 692, NS) | |
| NINDAu-wa-al-pa-i[-ma-an-ni-in] | KBo 24.28 i 28’ | (CTH 692, MS) | |
| dat./loc. sg. | [NINDAwa-a]l-pa-i-ma-an-ni | KUB 27.49 iv 5 | (CTH 692, NS) |
| unknown | [NINDAw]a-al-pa-[i-ma-an-n° | KUB 27.60 ii 1’ | (CTH 692, NS) |
| unknown | [NINDAwa-a]l-pa-˹i˺-[ma-an-n° | KUB 27.66 ii 1’ | (CTH 692, LNS) |
| NINDAwa-al-pa-[i-ma-an-n° | KBo 29.65 iv 2’ | (CTH 692, MS?) | |
| NINDAwa-al-pa-i-m[a-an-n° | KBo 29.65 iv 14’ | (CTH 692, MS?) | |
| NINDAwa-al-pa-im-m[a-an-n° | KBo 29.172, 11’ | (CTH 694, MS?) | |
| NINDAwa-al-pa-i-m[a-an-n° | KBo 24.25 i 5’ | (CTH 694, MS?) | |
| NINDAwa-al-pa-i-im-m[a-an-n° | KUB 54.17 ii 6 | (CTH 692, NS) | |
| [NI]NDAwa-al-p[a-i-ma-an-n° | KBo 29.87 obv. 14 | (CTH 692, MS) | |
| NINDAwa-al-pa-i-m[a-an-n° | KUB 54.10 ii 21’ | (CTH 692, NS) | |
| ˹NINDA˺wa-⟨al⟩-pa-i-im-m[a-an-n° | KBo 29.99 ii 8’ | (CTH 692, MS) | |
| NINDAwa-al-˹pa-i˺-i[m-ma-an-n° | KBo 24.31 obv.? 7’ | (CTH 692, MS) | |
| ˹NINDA˺wa-al-pa-i-i[m-ma-an-n° | KBo 29.183, 8’ | (CTH 694, MS) | |
| NINDAwa-al-pa-i-m[a-an-n° | KBo 24.24 ii! 11’ | (CTH 693, MS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz. – The alleged form NINDAwa-al-pa-i-la!-an-ni-iš at KUB 12.18, 5 (thus read by Melchert in DLL:177, followed in CLL:253, HEG W-Z:263) does not exist. The sign features an additional wedge mistakenly imprinted by the scribe, but it is obvious that no LA-sign was intended. – On the erroneous reading NINDAwa-ra-pa-i[a- at KBo 24.24 ii! 11’ (thus Jie 1990a:58 and Ünal 2007a:786f.), see HEG W-Z:262.
The geminate -mm- of the participial suffix is rarely spelled, but frequent enough to be beyond doubt.
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1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Hoffner 1974a:189 suspects a distant assimilation in NINDAwalpailann(i)-, Melchert 1994a:271 considers a distant assimilation to the preceding -l- or a distant dissimilation to the following nasal, and Tischler (HEG W-Z:263) proposes a distant dissimilation or comprehension failure in the course of dictation. None of these suggestions are necessary, because apparent NINDAwalpailann(i)- is a ghostword (see under Graphic Features).
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1.1.4Meaning
Like its derivational base NINDAwalpaimma/i-, the word can be assigned an approximate meaning by way of the determinative ninda for marking names of pastries (DLL:177, Hoffner 1974a:189, CLL:253, HEG W-Z:263). The suffix -ann(i)- is used for deriving diminutives (CLL:253, HEG W-Z:263, Dempsey 2015a:246). Therefore, we are probably dealing with a small wrap or croissant, or the like, which at KBo 24.28 i 28’ is probably said to be made of one upnu of flour or dough (see Hagenbuchner-Dresel 2002a:15).
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1.1.5Stem
The word is derived from the substantivized participle of *walip-, i.e. NINDAwalipaimma/i- (see under Lemma), by means of the diminutive suffix -ann(i)- (see under Meaning). Outdated Hoffner 1974a:189.
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1.1.6Origin
The root, the participial suffix -aimma/i- and the Luwian diminutive suffix -ann(i)- speak for a Luwian origin. Additional evidence supporting this hypothesis comes from the Luwian background of the texts containing the word (since DLL:177).
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For the lemma head, see Luw. *walip-.