kocw(i)-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- subst, neuter
- ID
- 1605
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
kocw(i)-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in three inscriptions from Sardis that have not yet been accurately dated.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. n. | kocwid | LW 12.9 (Sardis) | |
| LW 13.10 (Sardis) | |||
| LW 15.3 (Sardis) |
1.1.3Meaning
Gusmani 1964a:152 (following Meriggi 1935a:105 n. 81) sees it as an adverb meaning ‘however’ by analyzing the first part of the word, i.e. koc-, as belong to the conjunction kot. This is morphologically unconvincing. Moreover, the reduplicated verb tatrot (← tro-(d) ‘to hand over’) in LW 12.9 is transitive and requires a priori that kocwid be taken as a direct object.
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1.1.4Stem
The word is probably built with the adjectival suffix -w(i)- (equating to Lyc. -we/i-), though in each context it appears to have been substantivized.
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1.1.5Origin
No reconstruction possible.
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