duntarriyašḫa-
‘dream, vision (?)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3018
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
duntarriyašḫa-
‘dream, vision (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a fragment belonging to the mythological cycle of Teššub.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. (?) | ˹du-un˺-tar-ri-ia-aš-ḫa-aš[ | KUB 36.24 ii 3’ | (CTH 349, NS) |
| du-un-tar-r[i-ia-aš-ḫ]a-aš | KUB 36.24 ii 7’ | (CTH 349, NS) |
The grammatical interpretation is not assured, since the context is badly preserved. For instance, an analysis as a genitive singular should not be ruled out.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
Starke 1979a:254 suggests based on the asyndetic phrase tešḫaš duntarriyašḫaš ‘dream (and) duntarriyašḫa’, that the latter word is the corresponding Luwian expression for Hitt. tešḫa- ‘dream, vision’ (followed by CLL:234, Dardano 2012a:65, but not by HEG T:440, hesitantly Mouton 2007a:6 with n. 20). Etymologically, he suggests that duntarriyašḫa- goes back to the CLuw. verb dūwa-(i) ‘to put’, just like Hitt. tešḫa- to the root verb tē- meaning originally ‘to put’, which would support the semantic assignment. However attractive, one could instead adduce the root du- ‘to run’ (PIE *dheu̯-, see CLuw. duntum(a)n-), which could still yield the same meaning, i.e. ‘dream, vision’.
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1.1.5Stem
Starke 1979a:254 (Starke 1990a:379f.) analyzes duntarriyašḫa- as an abstract formation in -ašḫa- derived from a denominative verb *duntarri-(ti) (← *duntarr- ← dūwa-(i)), for which he adduces parallels. Another formal option would be to posit an adjectival formation in -i(ya)- as the derivational base.
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1.1.6Origin
Starke 1979a:254 (Starke 1990a:379f.) posits a Luwian origin on etymological grounds (followed by CLL:234, hesitant HEG T:440); cf. under Meaning for a different root etymology. From a morphological perspective, Starke 1990a:370-384 shows that the derivational chain -ntar(r)- + -i- + -ašḫa- is more productive in Luwian, although he also lists a few Hittite examples. Overall, a Luwian origin is likely, though not absolutely assured, and more evidence would be welcome.
It is worth mentioning that the derivational base of the Anatolian word duntarriyašḫa- served in Greek mythology as the name of Clytemnestra’s father Τυνδάρεος (cf. also the name of his wife Λήδη vis-à-vis Lyc. lada- ‘wife’), implying an Anatolian origin of the names of Clytemnestra’s parents.
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