xñtawa-(ti)
‘to rule’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1079
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
xñtawa-(ti)
‘to rule’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a grave inscription from Pinara, dated to the reign of Artumbara (ca. 370-360 BCE).
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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pret. ind. act. | xñtewete | TL 11.2 (Pinara) |
| xñtawaṭ[e] | TL 26.2 (Tlos) |
The attestation of xñtewete is a case of persevering vowel harmony despite the analogical pressure of the paradigm of verbs in -a-(ti), i.e. xñtawate → xñtewete.
[D.S.]
1.1.3Meaning
Torp 1901b:38 (following Arkwright) analyzes the form xñtewete as verbal form and posits the meaning ‘to rule’. This is due to both the etymological connection with xñtawate/i- ‘ruler’ and to the context, in which it occurs. This interpretation is followed by Pedersen 1945a:17, Gusmani 1960b:502 n. 15, Laroche 1979c:105, DLL:84, Neumann 2007a:128.
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1.1.4Derivatives
For the lemma head see PAnat. *Hant-.