cuλdalẽn(i)-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 1296
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
cuλdalẽn(i)-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in an inscription from Sardis that cannot be dated accurately.
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1.1.2Forms
| dat. sg. | cuλdalẽλ | LW 27.3´ (Sardis) |
1.1.3Meaning
The context, in which the word cuλdalẽλ is found, is obscure, although it appears to be the recipient of something. No meaning can be offered; cf. Gusmani 1964a:97.
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1.1.4Stem
Sasseville 2017a:136 analyzes it as a noun built with the suffix -ẽn(i)- c., which often denotes an individual. Thus, cuλdalẽn(i)- could refer to a person. The derivational base could be *cuλdala-, an agent noun in -ala- c., or *cuλdal(i)-, an adjective in -l(i)-.
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1.1.5Origin
No etymology possible.
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