ẽnτawλo-
‘soul of the deceased (?)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- subst, common
- ID
- 1537
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
ẽnτawλo-
‘soul of the deceased (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in an inscription from Sardis that has not been dated properly.
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat. sg. | ẽnτawλoλ | LW 14.18 (Sardis) |
1.1.3Meaning
Meriggi 1935a:109 n. 97 suggests a connection with cawλo- with an alternation between c and τ, which has been rejected by Gusmani 1964a:107f. As Sasseville 2021a:520f. observes, the alternation between word initial c and word internal τ is independently supported. If the semantic interpretation of cawλo- as ‘soul of the deceased’ is correct, ẽnτawλo- must mean approximately the same, although the significance of the addition of the prefix ẽn- eludes us. From a contextual perspective, the posited meaning ‘soul of the deceased’ is adequate, since ẽnτawλoλ represents the one for whom a funerary stele is protected.
fa(k)=mλ=ad taadas ẽntrol […] facatil kukok […]ṣ̌id fapad ẽnτawλoλ (LW 14.16-18)
‘(His) father handed it (scil. the stele) over to him [ … ] facati-ed. … [ … ] he protects for the soul of the deceased (?).’
[D.S.]
For the lemma head, see Lyd. cawλo-.