armannaima/i-
‘decorated with a lunula’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 3229
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
armannaima/i-
‘decorated with a lunula’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found on a fragment of an inventory text.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. n. (?) | ar-ma-an-na-i-m[a-an? ] | KUB 42.67, 8’ | (CTH 250, NS) |
Thus Košak 1982a:187 (followed by CLL:29), although the number is not assured, a nom./acc. pl. n. form is also possible (as in Siegelová 1986a:514f.). Against HW 2nd ed. A:324 and HED A:152, who analyze the string as ar-ma-an-na-i=ma. The graphic reduction of the geminate -mm- in such Luwian formations is frequent especially in Hittite texts.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
The word armannaima/i- is understood as a derivative of armann(i)- ‘lunula, crescent moon’ with possessive semantics, i.e. ‘decorated with lunula, crescent-shaped (objects)’ (Košak 1982a:187, Siegelová 1986a:514f., CLL:29, Sasseville 2021a:68).
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1.1.5Stem
The word armannaima/i- could represent the Luwian participle of a denominative in -(a)i-(di) or -a(i)-(di) or, if the process exists, a Luwian denominal possessive adjective in -aimma/i-.
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1.1.6Origin
The Luwian origin (CLL:29) of the lexeme is made clear by its morphology, see above.
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For the lemma head see CLuw. *arma-.