armantallann(i)-

This lexeme is found in the witaššiya-festival (CTH 692), the šaḫḫan-festival (CTH 693) and the Ḫuwaššanna-Festival (CTH 694).

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acc. sg.	NINDAar-ma-an-ta!-˹la!-an-ni?˺[-in]	KBo 29.82+ iii 7’	(CTH 692, NS)
	[NINDA] ar-ma-ta-la-an-ni-in	KUB 54.13 ii 7!	(CTH 692, MS?)
	[NINDAar‑ma‑ta‑a]l‑la‑an‑ni‑in	KBo 29.74 i 6’	(CTH 694, LNS)
	NINDAar-ma-an-ta-la-an-ne[-en]	KUB 27.64 rev. 8’	(CTH 692, LNS)
	NINDAar-ma-ta-a[l-la-an-ni-in]	KUB 27.55 iii 3’	(CTH 692, NS)
	[NINDAa]r‑ma‑an‑⸢ta⸣[-al‑la‑an‑ni‑in]	KUB 54.17 i 15’	(CTH 692, NS)
	[NINDAar‑ma‑a]n‑⸢ta⸣‑al‑la‑an‑ni‑in	KUB 51.60 obv. 6’	(CTH 692, NS)
	[NINDAa]r‑ma‑ta‑al‑la‑an‑ni‑in‑n(=)	KBo 24.33+ iv 6’	(CTH 692, MS)
	[NINDAar‑ma‑ta‑al‑la‑a]n‑ni‑in‑n(=)	KBo 24.33+ iv 8’	(CTH 692, MS)
	NINDAar‑ma‑t[a‑al‑la‑an‑ni‑i]n	KBo 29.70 + KBo 24.28 i 27’	(CTH 692, MS)
acc. pl. (Hitt.)	[NINDAar-m]a-an-ta-la-an-ni-uš	KBo 29.110 obv.? 5’	(CTH 694, LNS)
	[NINDAar-ma-a]n-ta-la-ni-uš	KBo 29.110 obv.? 6’	(CTH 694, LNS)
	[NINDAar-ma-an-t]a-la-ni-uš	KBo 29.110 obv.? 7’	(CTH 694, LNS)
	[NINDAar-ma-an-ta-l]a-⸢ni⸣-uš	KBo 29.110 obv.? 8’	(CTH 694, LNS)
	NINDA⸢ar⸣‑ma‑ta‑⸢al?⸣-<la-an>‑ni‑uš	KBo 29.70 + KBo 24.28 iv 19’	(CTH 692, MS)
unclear	[NINDAar‑ma‑an‑t]a‑la‑an‑ni‑ia‑aš	KUB 54.22 obv? 3’	(CTH 694, LNS)
unknown	NINDAar‑ma‑t[a‑	KBo 24.24+ ii 18’	(CTH 693, MS)
	⸢NINDAar‑ma‑ta⸣‑a[l?‑	KUB 32.125 + KBo 29.100 i 16’	(CTH 692, MS)
	NINDAar‑ma‑ta‑a[l‑	KUB 27.55 iii 3	(CTH 692, NS)

The n of the suffix -ant- is often graphically suppressed, as is typical for Luwian words. The occasional spelling reduction of the geminate -n- in the suffix -ann(i)- is linguistically irrelevant.

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Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).

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The determinative NINDA indicates that armantallann(i)- denotes a type of bread. Another type of bread built from the same base, i.e. arma- ‘moon’, is found in ^NINDAarmann(i)-. Hoffner 1974a:152 and Melchert (CLL:29) do not hazard any suggestions as to the semantic difference between the two bread names. Lorenz & Rieken 2007a:474 translate the bread with ‘small moon-shaped bread’.

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As posited by Hoffner 1974a:152, the bread name armantallann(i)- can be morphologically analyzed as arma- ‘moon’ + -ant(i)- + -alla/i- + -ann(i)-. If the base in -alla/i- has been substantivized, the diminutive function of -ann(i)- is correct, following Hoffner. However, if the base is adjectival, we would expect the formation in -ann(i)- to have an individualizing function. Evidence for the former perspective could be drawn from the word armantalli(ya)-.

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Laroche (DLL:177) also treated the bread name armantallann(i)- as a Luwianism in the cult of Ḫuwaššanna, though without justification (criticized by HW 2nd ed. A:326, hesitant HEG A:63). Indeed, the presence of this bread name in festival texts with strong Luwian influences can be viewed as a clue but not as proof. Melchert (CLL:29) implicitly refers to the Luwian morphology, i.e. the suffixes -alla/i- and -ann(i)-. In any case, the Luwian origin is made clear by the suffix -ann(i)- < *-é-no-, which cannot be Hittite (viz. -ēna-), whereas the geminate -ll- suffix could reflect Hittite -alli- n. for instrument nouns. However, when seeing it as an actual Luwian formation, the suffix -alla/i- as the base of -ann(i)- is preferable; see under Stem.

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For the lemma head see CLuw. *arma-.