urann(i)-

This lexeme occurs in ritual fragments, three of which belong to the Kuwattalla tradition.

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nom. sg.	u-ra-an-ni-iš	KBo 7.68 ii 13’	(CTH 764, NS)
	u-ra-⸢an⸣-ni-iš	KBo 9.141 i 17’	(CTH 761, MS)
acc. sg.	u-r[a-an-ni-in]	KBo 9.141 i 16’	(CTH 761, MS)
unknown	u-ra-an-x[	KBo 29.17, 2’	(CTH 767, NS)

Restoration of u-r[a-an-ni-in] at KBo 9.141 i 16’ after Starke 1985b:126.

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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No meaning is offered in DLL:102 and CLL:244. [+No mention in HHw and HEG. Erroneous Starke 1990a:167 “groß”.] Carruba 1992a:252 was the first one who attempted a translation, i.e. ‘grandmother’, analyzing urann(i)- as a compound of ura/i- ‘great’ and ann(i)- ‘mother’. The context at KBo 9.141 i 16’.19’ seems to support this claim, since other kinship names are mentioned as well: ann(i)- ‘mother’, annawann(i)- ‘step-mother’ or ‘mother-in-law’ and tatawann(i)- ‘step-father’ or ‘father-in-law’. However, the transparent stem formation of tatawann(i)-, which can be combines the noun tat(i)- with the comparative suffix -wa/i- and the individualizing suffix -ann(i)-, shows that -ann(i)- in urann(i)- may equally well be the individualizing suffix, instead of ann(i)- ‘mother’. This opens up the possibility that urann(i)- denotes any kind of (female^?) elder relative or is the generic term for (female^?) elder relatives (similar Yakubovich 2017d: ‘ancestor (?)’).

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Starke 1990a:167 assumed that urann(i)- was derived from urai(ya)-, but this is impossible since the approximant -y- of the relational suffix -i(ya)- would not disappear. Instead, the two options laid out under Meaning are the only viable alternatives, viz. either a compound of ura/i- ‘great’ (Carruba 1992a:252) and ann(i)- ‘mother’, or a derivative of ura/i- ‘great’ with the individualizing suffix -ann(i)- (cf. CLL:244).

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1. uranni(ya)-

For the lemma head see CLuw. /ura/i-/.