mutti(ya)-

In Cuneiform Luwian transmission, only a single NS festival fragment provides evidence for the adjective. It is also attested in the PNs ^fMuwatti- (see Zehnder 2010a:224f.) and ^mMutti (Laroche 1966b:122), in the name of a well ^TÚLMuwatti- (CHD L-N:317, with references and correction of its reading), in the divine name ^DMuwatti (van Gessel 1998a:320).

[E.R.]

nom. sg. c.	[m]u-ut-ti-i-iš	KBo 7.68 ii 13’	(CTH 764, NS)
unknown	mu-ut-t[i-	KBo 7.68 ii 17’	(CTH 764, NS)

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – Instead of Werner’s (Werner 1962a:383) mut-ti-in at KUB 10.91 ii 14 (cited in HEG L-N:237), a reading MUD-ti-in (wa-tar-ra) “blood (and water)” seems more likely.

[E.R.]

The semantic interpretation of the word as ‘having (overpowering) might, mighty’ (CLL:152, HHw:109, Ünal 2007a:463, HEG L-N:244, HED M:199, EDHIL:589; slightly different Starke 1990a:173: ‘Mut, Beherztheit, Unerschrockenheit, Wehrhaftigkeit’) relies on the analysis of its suffixal chain: mūwa- ‘(overpowering) might, feistiness’ → *mūwa-^(ti) ‘to empower, to provide feistiness’ → *mu(wa)-tt(a)- n. ‘empowerment, provision of feistiness’ → mutti(ya)- ‘having (overpowering) might’However, the suggested derivational chain includes an uncertain point in that it implies a syncope of -uwa- [-ou̯ā-] > -u- /-ū-/, not paralleled by -iya- [-ii̯ā-], which does not syncopate (Sasseville 2020c). If it turns out that [-ou̯ā-] is stable like its counterpart [-ii̯ā-], one has to start from a derivative in -(a)tt(i)- c. or -(a)tt(a)- n. (with initial -a- < *-o-) built directly on mūwa-⁽ⁱ⁾ or its τόμος-type verbal abstract. The semantic argument is only minimally affected by this problem, because even then the underlying verb mūwa-⁽ⁱ⁾ ‘to conquer, overpower, overcome, master, control’ would lead to ‘having (overpowering) might, mighty’., and b) the meaning of another attested derivative mūwattalla/i- ‘mighty, related to feistiness’. The word occurs in a fragmentary context qualifying uranniš ‘grandmother’ or ‘(female^?) elder relative’. Yakubovich & Mouton 2023a:261, who opt for ‘grandmother’, tend to equate the “mighty grandmother” with the Ḫannaḫanna deity. In any case, a word meaning ‘mighty’ is an appropriate epithet for a person of respect or a deity, which supports the semantic assignment deduced from the stem formation.

[E.R.]

The plene spelling of the final syllable points to an adjective with the suffix -i(ya)- (see Carruba 1982a, Rieken 2017a:25). While its derivational base could be either *mu(wa)tt(i)- c. (Starke 1989a:669) or *mu(wa)tt(a)- n. (undecided between the two Starke 1990a:173), the latter is preferable (thus CLL:152) due to being attested in Hieroglyphic Luwian (see under Lemma). For further analysis, see under Meaning.

[E.R.]

For the lemma head, see CLuw. mūwa-⁽ⁱ⁾.