etla-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- subst, gender unclear
- ID
- 1413
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
etla-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a metrical inscription from Magnesia ad Sipylum and surroundings that cannot be dated accurately.
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat. sg. | etlaλ[ | LW 44a.12 (Manisa) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
The word is likely complete (hesitant Gusmani 1964a:104).
[D.S.]
1.1.4Meaning
No meaning has been suggested. The word appears in a sentence, in which the astrko-, a title of high rank, performs something unclear: [ … ]lọ(d)=k=τ etlaλ[.......] fẽtwinteλ asturkos (LW 44a.11-12). If the word is complete, it would agree with fẽtwinteλ. Both nouns seem to stand in apposition to one another. The fragmentary state of the passage hinders any reliable interpretation.
[D.S.]
1.1.5Stem
The word is probably a formation in -la- (for which see Sasseville 2014-2015a:117f.) derived from a root et-.
[D.S.]
1.1.6Origin
No etymology possible.
[D.S.]