zuzun(n)i-(ti)
‘to make alright, rectify (?)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 790
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian (Glossenkeilwörter)
zuzun(n)i-
1.1.1Transmission
The lexeme is attested three times in NS texts, i.e. a protocol and the ritual of the Deity of the Night of URUParnašša in a spell or song.
[E.R.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3pl. pres. ind. act. | zu-zu-n[i-i]n-t[i] | KBo 2.8 ii 5 | (CTH 519, NS) |
| 3sg. pret. ind. act. | zu-zu-un-ni-it-[a] | KUB 43.76 rev. 17’ | (CTH 297, NS) |
| part. dat./loc. sg. | zu-zu-ni-mi |
KBo 2.8 ii 5 | (CTH 520, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Readings checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz.
[E.R.]
1.1.4Meaning
No meaning is assigned to of ()zuzun(n)i-(ti) in earlier publications (DLL:116, Tischler 2008a:209, CLL:285, HEG:Z 783, Otten 1971b:16, Ünal 2007a:829), as the contexts do not supply any clues. However, the relationship with its base verb /zunni-(ti)/ a tentative interpretation as ‘to make alright, rectify’ has been suggested (see zunni-(ti) under Meaning). If this is correct, a similar meaning can also be assumed for the reduplicated verb as given here.
[E.R.]
1.1.5Origin
As its Luwian base verb zunnima/i, the reduplicated verb zuzun(n)i-(ti) is clearly of Luwian origin.
[E.R.]
For the lemma head see Luw. /zunni-(ti)/.