tannani-
‘altar (?)’
- Language
- Palaic
- Class
- Base
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 573
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
tannani-
‘altar (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a purification ritual preserved on a New Hittite tablet.
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1.1.2Forms
| loc. sg. | ta-an-na-ni-ia | KUB 35.163 ii 22’ | (CTH 754, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz.
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1.1.4Meaning
The word tannaniya is modified by išḫaranti ‘bloodied (vel sim.)’. It represents the place, where certain things are being handled. A tentative meaning would be ‘altar (?)’ or something similar. No suggestion is offered by Carruba 1970a:72.
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1.1.5Origin
No etymology possible.
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