ijas-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 1737
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
ijas-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This word is found in two grave inscriptions.
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat. sg. | ijase | TL 84.4 (Sura) |
| TL 149.13 (Rhodiapolis) |
Hajnal 1995a:171 n. 224 argues that ijase should be taken as dative singular instead of dative plural because of the proleptic dat. sg. enclitic pronoun =i (TL 149.13). Furthermore, he takes atlahi in TL 84.4 as agreeing with ijase, which would support the singular number. However, atlahi can be taken instead as acc. sg. c. agreeing with hrm̃mã ‘temenos’, provided that, too, is a common gender noun. Schürr 2017-2018a analyzes it morphologically as an s-stem and argues the paradigm shows a dative singular in -se, which would bring confirmation to the dative/locative singular interpretation.
[D.S.]
1.1.3Meaning
The noun ijase is found twice in relation to a temenos. In TL 84, it is said that the deceased made his own temenos in/for ijase. Scholars assumed it referred to a person or a group of people (Meriggi 1978c:251, Neumann 2007a:148, Schürr 2017-2018a:266f.), which hardly finds support. Eichner 1988b:48 n. 15 suggests an etymological relationship to HLuw. /iyassa-(i)/ ‘to buy’ (and thus Lyc. ije-(ti)‘id.’), which is plausible, but he does not offer any grammatical or semantic interpretation of the Lycian word. Until further evidence is found, no meaning is given to Lyc. A ijase.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Stem
For the common gender stem in -as-, see recently Schürr 2017-2018a.
[D.S.]
1.1.5Origin
No reconstruction possible. For a possible but unprovable etymological connection, see under Meaning.
[D.S.]