kafoλcν
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 1728
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
kafoλcν
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a metrical inscription that has not been dated accurately.
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1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. or adv. | ḳaf̣oλcν | LW 15.1 (Sardis) |
For the interpretation of -cν as an adverbial marker, see Meriggi 1935a:104, Carruba 1960a:34 n. 6. Gusmani 1964a:142 prefers an accusative singular.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
For the reading of the word, see Buckler 1924a:34.
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1.1.4Meaning
Meriggi 1935a:104 suggests the meaning ‘unauthorized’, which is possible, but also a mere guess. The verb fadil, a univerbation of the preverb da- and in- ‘to make’, could be transitive, in which case kafoλcν would be direct object, or intransitive (due to preverb da-). The indirect object is ṃλiλ=s ‘to/for (the goddess) Malis’ (Payne 2019a:241 n. 39), implying that the subject of the sentence did not perform something in a kafoλcν-manner for Malis or did not made a kafoλcν for her. The root kaf- still needs an etymological connection. It is possible that it is related to the same one as Lydian kof(i)- ‘water’ (= Luw. /hab(i)-/ ‘river’), although this cannot be supported on contextual grounds for now. Further evidence is needed.
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