wayam(ma)n-

Both attestations (MS) come from the incantation of the moon in a ritual for a mother and her son.

[E.R.]

nom./acc. pl. n.	wa-ia-am-na	KBo 8.130 iii 6’	(CTH 764, MS)
	[w]a-ia-am-ma-na	KUB 35.103 iii 9	(CTH 766, MS)

Attestations checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz. The reading of [w]a- in KUB 35.103 is confirmed by the parallel in KBo 8.130. There is no need for the exclamation mark used in Starke 1985b:222.

[E.R.]

The semantic interpretation as ‘howl, wail’ goes back to Starke 1990a:266f. (followed in CLL:268, Tischler 2008a:192). The noun is modified by ulipnaššanza ‘of a wolf’ and used together with another disease (ḫuištinzi) that afflicts mother and/or child. The resulting interpretation as ‘howl of wolves’ is further confirmed by a passage from the Ullikummi myth, where a verb waya- or waya(i)- ‘to shout at someone’ (like bovines in order to scare an adversary) occurs (see under Lemma). If this verb is Luwian in origin, then, following Starke, wayam(ma)n- is derived from it, else it is based on its Luwian equivalent. In either case, the meaning as given is sufficiently assured. Outdated Carruba 1979b:87f. attempt to connect Luw. wayam(ma)n- with a Lycian word in N317, 2 that he read ẉạṃạ̃[j]ẹ and interpreted as ‘creature, nato’. Neither the reading nor the equation can be upheld, see Starke 1990a:267 and wam̃ãt(i)- .

[E.R.]

The n-stem was already recognized by Laroche (DLL:105). Later, its analysis was refined by Starke 1990a:266f. as a deverbal abstract noun in -m(ma)n- and adopted in CLL:268. For its base, see under Meaning.

[E.R.]

For the lemma head, see CLuw. (u)wāi-.