zarimmi-^(ti)

The lexeme is attested once (together with its variant zarimmama) in a NH cult inventory dealing with the cult of the Deity of the Night of Parnašša.

[E.R.]

part. dat./loc. sg.

za-ri-mi-im-ma

KBo 2.8 iii 13’

(CTH 519, NS)

Analysis as dat./loc. depends on the head noun altanni (see under Graphic Features).

[E.R.]

Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz. The reading of the head noun aldanni as al-da-an-⎡níš⎤ as suggested by Hazenbos 2003a:135 is syntactically unwarranted and disproved by collocation of the photo. Instead, -ni is half deleted by an unintentional erasure. – For the spelling of /zarimmimma/ with singleton -m- see under Stem.

[E.R.]

The assignment of the meaning ‘agitated, rippling’ (specifying a spring) follows Carter 1962a:201, who adduces as a possible cognate CLuw. zar(r)iya-, which was understood as ‘rapid, raging’ (said of rivers) at the time. The new substantival analysis as ‘(a moving waterbody)’ as followed here (see under Lemma), does not change the argument. Carter’s interpretation is adopted by Hazenbos 2003a:140 with n. 76 and HEG W-Z:672f., while others do not mention the lexeme or offer no translation (e.g. Ünal 2007a:817).

[E.R.]

The single spelling of the first nasal -m- is frequently encountered in -mm(a)n- stems (see Starke 1990a:243f.) and therefore no argument against the attribution of the base word *zarimm(a)n- to this class. From this, a denominal verb zarimmi-^(ti) is derived, of which the present attestation is a participial form (suffix -i-mma/i-).

[E.R.]

For the lemma head, see Luw. *zar-.