wiyannaš
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Palaic
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 667
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
wiyannaš
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This word is found on a Hittite festival fragment with Palaic and Luwian incantations.
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1.1.2Forms
| gen. sg. | ú-i-ia-an-na-aš | KUB 35.5 ii 6 | (CTH 750, NS) |
| [ú-i-i]a-an-na-aš | KUB 35.5 ii 6 | (CTH 750, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
The word wiyannaš can be interpreted as a free-standing genitive of an abstract noun *wiyātar; cf. under Pal. malitannaš for the suffix and Lyc. B wijedri for a possible cognate. It is spoken twice by the Old Woman, who performs a ritual for the festival. The wiyannaš denotes something that is libated; perhaps wine. Unfortunately, the corresponding Hittite word is lost in the lacuna.
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1.1.5Origin
No etymology possible.
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