tīta-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Class
- Derivative
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 362
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
tīta-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
Attested in a NS letter in Luwian and in a Luwian incantation of a Hittite festival description in LNS.
[Zs.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| 1sg. pret. | ti-ta-˹aḫ?˺[-ḫa] | KBo 8.17, 4’ | (CTH 208, NS) |
| 2sg. impv. | ti-i?-ta? | KUB 35.133 rev. iii 6 | (CTH 665, LNS) |
Attestations following CLL:228 (cf. also Laroche 1959a:98) checked against the photos of the Konkordanz. ti-ta-˹aḫ?˺[-ḫa] is usually read as ti-ta-aḫ-ḫ[a] (Laroche 1959a:98; Starke 1985b:368; CLL:228), probably based on the autograph (of Otten), although nothing is visible from the last sign on the photos of the Konkordanz and hardly any trace from the third sign.
Since the meaning is unknown (cf. below), it is in theory possible that these forms belong to different words. Occam’s razor, however, requires keeping them in a common entry until further evidence is found.
[Zs.S.]
1.1.3Meaning ‘(unknown)’
The meaning of this verb is unknown (Laroche 1959a:98; CLL:228; Tischler 2008a:200, Tischler 2016a:381; Ünal 2016a:373) and the fragmentary and unintelligible contexts do not help in elucidating the meaning.
[Zs.S.]
2. Reconstruction
2.1Reconstruction
No etymology is possible.
[Zs.S.]