zzimaza-
‘(title)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 1597
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
zzimaza-
‘(title)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in grave inscriptions.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | zzimaza | TL 54b.2 (Phellos) |
| zzim[a]zạ | TL 54a (Phellos) | |
| dat. sg. | zzimazi | TL 120.2 (Limyra) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
For a new edition of TL 54, see Christiansen 2019b:79-83.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word zzimaza- in TL 120 represents a professional title in -aza-, which refers in this case to a woman named Uwiñte, wife of Pumaza, whereas in TL 54b it refers to the owner of the tomb (Christiansen 2019b:80). A kinship term is possible but morphologically less likely, pace Neumann 2012a:394 and Gehrisch 2018a:158. For a summary of the outdated literature, see Neumann 2007a:442 with further literature.
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1.1.5Origin
No etymology possible.
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