kikorši-(d)

‘(unknown)’

Language
Lydian
Grammar
verb
ID
1529

1. Individual Anatolian Languages

1.1 Lydian

kikorši-(d)

‘(unknown)’

1.1.1Transmission

This lexeme is found on a stele dated to the middle of the 4th century BCE, i.e. to the reign of Artaxerxes III (358-338).

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1.1.2Forms

3sg. pres. act. ?iḳ?oṛ?šid LW/N 115 8-9  

1.1.3Graphic Features

On the reading of this word, see Gusmani & Akkan 2004a:145.

[D.S.]

1.1.4Meaning

No meaning is suggested by Gusmani & Akkan 2004a:149.

[D.S.]

1.1.5Stem

Gusmani & Akkan 2004a:146 see the word as a verbal form in -ši-. On the Lydian verbal suffix -ši-, see Sasseville 2021a:505f. Alternatively, the root could be korš- with a reduplication syllable ki- and only -i-(d) would thus represent the verbal suffix. Further evidence is needed.

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1.1.6Origin

No etymology possible.

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