tātawann(i)-

Hapax in a Luwian ritual (MS).

[Zs.S.]

nom. sg. c.

ta-a-ta-wa-an-ni-˹iš˺

KBo 9.141 i 19’

(CTH 761, MS)

Attestation follows CLL:223 (cf. also DLL:95) checked against the photo of the Konkordanz.

[Zs.S.]

The word is almost unanimously translated as ‘step-father’ (DLL:95; Starke 1990a:62; CLL:223; EDHIL:179; Rieken & Sasseville 2014a:305), although according to Tischler 2008a:195 it means ‘father-in-law’ (who, however, translated it later as ‘step-father’ [Tischler 2016a:371]), and Ünal 2016a:972 books both meanings. The word appears in a fragmentary context, but in pair with tāta/i- ‘father’ and this pair is juxtaposed to the pair anna/i- ‘mother’ and ānnawann(i)- ‘step-mother’ (for these words see s.vv.). There are two competing morphological analyses (with -wann(i)-, suffix of appurtenance, in the meaning ‘of the sort of’ [Melchert 2003b:197f.] and -wa-ann(i)- ‘having the rank of’ [Starke 1990a:62; Rieken & Sasseville 2014a:305, all referring specifically to this word]), but none of them is specific enough to reduce the possibilities, which include not only ‘step-father’ but also ‘uncle’, ‘father-in-law’ and even ‘elder male relative’. Nevertheless, there is independent evidence that ānnawann(i)- means ‘step-mother’ (see the discussion s.v.) and thus, due to the pairing mentioned above, tātawann(i)- must mean ‘step-father’.

[Zs.S.]