mara(n)-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Palaic
- Class
- Base
- Grammar
- subst, common gender
- ID
- 418
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
mara(n)-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme (if all forms really belong to one lexeme) occurs in almost every Palaic text.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | ma-˹a˺-ra-aš | KUB 35.163 iii 16 | (CTH 753, NS) |
| acc. sg. | ma-ra-a-an | KUB 35.163 iii 19 | (CTH 753, NS) |
| ma-a-ra-an | KBo 19.152 + KBo 19.158 iv! 4´/8´ | (CTH 751, MS) | |
| dat. sg. | ˹ma˺-a-ra-ni |
CHDS 2.52 + DBH 46/2.101 + KUB 35.159 6´/3´/7´ |
(CTH 753, NS) |
| gen. pl. (?) | ma-a-ra-na-an | KUB 35.165 obv. 26 | (CTH 751, OS or MS) |
| ma-a-ra-na-a[n] | KBo 19.152 + KBo 19.158 iv! 3´/7´ | (CTH 751, MS) | |
| unknown | ma-a-ra-na-at | KUB 35.168, 9´ | (CTH 752, OS) |
The appurtenance of all these words to the same lexeme is not certain; cf. Carruba 1970a:63. They are grouped here together for economical purposes. No case assignment is certain either, because these forms appear mostly in fragmentary or obscure passages. The form ma-a-ra-na-at could be segmented as ma-a-ra-n=a-at (with the demonstrative pronoun =(k)at) instead.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
No semantic assignment is provided; cf. Carruba 1970a:63. It is worth noticing that the lexeme mara(n)- occurs twice with the adverb wašu ‘well’ (KUB 35.165 obv. 26, KBo 19.152 + KBo 19.158 iv! 7’/3’).
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1.1.5Stem
Assuming that the forms listed in the paradigm above all belong to the same lexeme, one is surely dealing with an n-stem, i.e. mara(n)-.
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1.1.6Origin
No etymology possible.
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