walipaima/i-
‘(a type of pastry)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 2840
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
walipaima/i-
‘(a type of pastry)’1.1.1Transmission
The word is known exclusively from MS copies of the witaššiya-and šaḫḫan- festival texts.
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1.1.2Forms
| acc. pl. | NINDAwa-li-pa-i-mi-uš | KBo 24.29 ii! 6 | (CTH 694, MS) |
| NINDAwa-l[i-pa-i-mi-uš] | KBo 24.29 ii! 11 | (CTH 694, MS) | |
| NINDAwa-li-pa-i-m[i-uš] | KBo 24.29 i 13’ | (CTH 693, NS) | |
| unknown | NINDAwa-li-pa-i-mi-u[š]/-i[š] | KBo 24.24 ii! 9’ | (CTH 693, MS) |
In spite of the context with NINDAwalipaima/i- two lines earlier, NINDAwa-al-pa-i-m[a- at KBo 24.24 ii! 11’ probably belongs to the derivative NINDAwalpaimann(i)- (see under Lemma) instead, because the forms with -i- in the root yet without -ann(i)- and those without -i-, but with -ann(i)-, are consistently kept separate. Thus, the restoration of HEG W-Z:262 NINDAwa-al-pa-i-m[a-aš is not followed here.
There is possibly another attestation to be found as -l]i-pa-im-mi-i-š[a?] (KBo 39.207 l.col. 4’).
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchives.
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1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The assignment of walipaima/i- to the verb *walip- is unproblematic, but its derivative NINDAwalpaimann(i)- shows syncope of -i-. This is unusual for a full phonemic /i/ in Luwian (cf. Melchert 1994a: 275f.). Consequently, the change must be considered indicative of an anaptyctic origin of the vowel (probably in 3-consonant clusters of the base verb before consonantal endings, e.g. *walpti). The prop-vowel would have subphonemic status and therefore be subject to deletion in the suffixed forms.
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1.1.4Meaning
The ritual context is inconclusive as to the meaning so that the determinative ninda, which marks the names of pastries, remains the only possible basis for a semantic interpretation.
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1.1.5Stem
While no finite forms of the underlying verb *walip- are attested, at least the participle is found substantivized (Meriggi 1980a:343 § 209, Starke 1990a:420 n. 1515, CLL:252).
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1.1.6Derivatives
1.1.7Origin
The root of the word and its participial suffix -aimma/i- speak for a Luwian origin. This is additionally confirmed by the derivative NINDAwalpaimann(i)- with the productive Luwian diminutive suffix -ann(i)- and by where the word occurs, as it is restricted to rituals of well-known Luwian provenance.
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For the lemma head see CLuw. *walip-.