ḫuwaššanni-/ḫūwaššana-
‘shoulder’
- Language
- Palaic
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 650
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
ḫuwaššanni-/ḫūwaššana-
‘shoulder’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a festival text for the Palaic pantheon.
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1.1.2Forms
| stem form | ḫu-˹wa˺-aš-ša-˹an˺-ni(=kat) | KUB 35.165 rev. 12’ | (CTH 751, OS or MS) |
| ḫu-u-wa-aš-ša-na(=kat) | KBo 48.178 9’ | (CTH 751, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz. The strong divergence in the spellings of two attestations above as well as their discrepancy regarding the stem vowel is striking. Further attestations are needed to facilitate a decision about which one is correct.
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1.1.4Meaning
The lexeme ḫuwaššanni-/ḫūwaššana- occurs in an enumeration of body parts of sacrificial animals to be offered as a meal to the gods (Kammenhuber 1959a:28, Carruba 1970a:56, Eichner 2010a:52). In KBo 48.178, the Hittite part preceding the Palaic passage in question contains an enumeration of the same body parts written sumerographically. Assuming that the order of body parts is the same in each of the two passages, Palaic ḫuwaššanni-/ḫūwaššana- would correspond to the sumerogram UZUZAG.UDUḪI.A ‘shoulders’. Thus, it probably refers to the shoulder muscle as meat.
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1.1.5Origin
The lexeme ḫuwaššanni-/ḫūwaššana- ‘shoulder’ looks like the name of the Luwian goddess Ḫuwaššanna (Sum. dGAZ.BA.A.A.). On the goddess see Hutter 2003a:243-247. An etymological connection between the two is possible, but unprovable.
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