mannimma[n(-)
‘being fertile or fertility’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 782
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
mannimma[n(-)
‘being fertile or fertility’1.1.1Transmission
The lexeme is attested in a Luwian birth ritual, the incantation of the moon.
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1.1.2Forms
| unknown | ma-an-ni-im-ma-a[n(-) | KUB 35.102+ ii 6 | (CTH 766, MS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Reading checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz.
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1.1.4Meaning
The fragmentary state of the text does not allow a sufficient analysis of the context. However, the word appears in a birth ritual close to the mention of the mother and the Patron Deity (dLAMMA). This strongly reminds of the birth ritual of fPittei, where a possessive formation mannāimma/i- ‘equipped with seed, progeny’ is attested. There, the word refers to the ill omen for a mother in labor, who is supported by the Patron Deity. The omen is rectified and turned into a positive one predicting progeny. The word is probably etymologically cognate with mannimma[n(-). If mannimma[n(-) is a participle of a verb in -i(ya)-, it probably means also something like ‘being fertile’, otherwise, as an abstract noun in -mman-, it would mean ‘fertility’ (like mannitt(i)-).
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1.1.5Stem
Due to its fragmentary attestation, the stem of the word is unclear. It may be a form of either a participle in -mma/i-, a possessive adjective in -mma/i- or a -mman- abstract noun.
[E.R.]
For the lemma head see PLuw. *men(H)-o-.