pītann(i)-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3428
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
pītann(i)-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in an obscure ritual.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. pl. | pí-da-a-an-ni-in-zi | Privat 40 ii 3’ | (CTH 770, N/A) |
| pí-i-ta-an-ni-in-zi | Privat 40 iii 4 | (CTH 770, N/A) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
No photo of the fragment is available, only the autography/transliteration by H. Güterbock recently published in Sasseville 2021b.
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1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The different loci of the plene spelling in the two attestations make it impossible to determine where the regular plene spelling in the word is located.
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1.1.4Meaning
If the restoration of the demonstrative pronoun as suggested by Sasseville 2021b:177 is correct, pītann(i)- refers to something concrete, perhaps even to people. One should also compare Lyc. A pidenezẽ, which seems to contain the exact same base *piden(i)-. No precise semantics are offered here.
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1.1.5Stem
The word is a stem in -ann(i)- derived from a non-attested base *pīda-.
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