qidrala-
‘official in charge of sacrificial animals (?)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 1370
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
qidrala-
‘official in charge of sacrificial animals (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found on the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE., and stylistically to around 400 BCE. (Borchhardt et al. 1997-99a:19f.).
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | qidrala | TL 44d.49 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Meaning
Shevoroshkin 1969b:346 recognizes rightly an agent noun in Lyc. B qidrala-. This morphological perspective is confirmed by Sasseville 2014-2015a:112-116, who adduces further evidence for the existence of a Lycian suffix -ala- c. Hajnal 1995a:158 n. 166 connects convincingly the Lycian base *qidr- to CLuw. ḫūidar- ‘animal’ (followed by Sasseville 2014-15a:115f., Shevoroshkin 2015a:203), which is phonologically impeccable. The etymological approach can be contextually supported, since the qidrala-official is the one in charge of sacrificial animals (Sasseville ibid.). Therefore, one can posit tentatively the meaning ‘official in charge of sacrificial animals’. For outdated etymological suggestions, see Neumann 2007a:301f. and DLL:127.
[D.S.]
For the derivational base, see Lyc. B *qidr-.