ešḫina-(i)
‘to bind (?)’
- Language
- Palaic
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1554
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
ešḫina-(i)
‘to bind (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a festival text with Palaic incantations.
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1.1.2Forms
| 2sg. pres. ind. act. | eš-ḫi-na-aš-š[i?] | KBo 37.150 ii 8’ | (CTH 753, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz.
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1.1.4Meaning
The word ešḫinašš[i] appears to be a verbal form in the 2nd person singular. Other verbal forms of the same person occur within the same context, which supports the reading of the sign -š[i? as well as the assumption that the word ends in this way. The meaning of the verb can be deduced from the etymological perspective with the root išḫ- ‘to bind’ (Hitt. išḫāi-/-iya-(ḫi) ‘to bind’), which found also in Palaic; see derivational base. The fragmentary state of the context hinders however the verification of the posited semantics.
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1.1.5Stem
The verb ešḫina-(i) can be best interpreted as a formation in -ina-(i) (or -na-(i)) derived from the verb išḫiya- ‘to bind’.
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For the base of the derivative see Pal. išḫiya-.