kalu

This lexeme is found in the inscription of the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE and stylistically to around 400 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.).

[D.S.]

1sg. pres. act. or acc. sg. c. (?)

kalu

TL 44d.47 (Xanthos)

From a formal point of view, kalu can be either a verbal form in the 1sg. pres. act. (DLL:117, Shevoroshkin 2011a:31f., Sasseville 2021a:277) or a nominal form in the acc. sg. c. (Schürr 2018b:69). The verbal interpretation would be supported by the occurrence of the 1sg. pres. act. form trppalau one line earlier. Nonetheless, the second interpretation should not be discarded entirely at this point.

[D.S.]

The segmentation suggested by Shevoroshkin (apud Neumann 2007a:159) into =k(e) alu is syntactically unconvincing.

[D.S.]

The root kal- can be compared to Hitt. kallišš-^(mi) ‘to call’ and, thus, a similar meaning could be assigned to Lyc. B kalu (Sasseville 2021a:277), especially if it is a verbal form. Shevoroshkin 2002a:228 connects it instead to the root of Hitt. kalēliye/a-^(mi) ‘to tie up’, a denominative verb derived from an unattested instrument noun *kalēli- n. ‘rope (?)’. However, it is not entirely clear what the original semantics of the root may have been. More contextual and comparative evidence is needed before confirming any of the above hypotheses.

[D.S.]