armaima/i-
‘moon-shaped’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 3227
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
armaima/i-
‘moon-shaped’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested in an itinerary text that contains a remarkable abundance of Luwianisms.
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. c. | ar-ma-i-mi-iš | KBo 62.5, 26 | (CTH 230, MS) |
1.1.3Meaning
This word armaimiš, modifying wattann(i)- ‘small hump, little hill (?)’, is analyzed as a derivative of Luwian *arma- ‘moon’ with the Luwian suffix -aimma/i- and translated with ‘moon-shaped’ or ‘decorated with a moon’ (Lorenz & Rieken 2007a:482, Sasseville 2021a:68).
[D.S.]
1.1.4Origin
The indisputably Luwian origin (Lorenz & Rieken 2007a:482) of armaima/i- is owed to the derivational suffix -aimma/i-.
[D.S.]
For the lemma head see CLuw. *arma-.