eDiAna

šummallann(a)-

‘(unknown)’

Language
Cuneiform Luwian Istanuwa
Class
Base
Grammar
adj
ID
553

1. Individual Anatolian Languages

1.1 Cuneiform Luwian

šummallann(a)-

‘(unknown)’

1.1.1Transmission

The attestations of the lexeme are restricted to two the songs of the Ištanuwa Festival, coming from NS copies.

[E.R.]

1.1.2Forms

nom./acc. pl. n. šu-um-ma-al-la-an-na KUB 25.37 ii 31’ (CTH 771, NS)
  šu-um-ma-al-la-an-na(-mu-ur) KUB 25.39 iv 7 (CTH 773, NS)

1.1.3Meaning

The contexts of the songs of the Ištanuwa Festival do not give any hint on the meaning of the lexeme. Neither does the stem formation. Accordingly, no meaning is assigned in DLL:87 and CLL:196.

[E.R.]

1.1.4Stem

All that can be said is that šummallanna is a nom./acc. pl. n. of a stem in -anna/i-, derived from a stem in -alla/i-, the base of which cannot be determined.

[E.R.]

1.1.5Compounds

  1. PN Šumala-LÚ-iš (cf. Götze 1954a:78 fn. 81, DLL:87)