zãnaza-
‘(title)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 1766
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
zãnaza-
‘(title)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a grave inscription.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | zãnaza | TL 126.1 (Limyra) |
1.1.3Meaning
The interpretation of the word as a professional title is clear both from the context and its morphology (Shevoroshkin 1994a:138, Melchert (DLL:88), Neumann 2007a:431, Kloekhorst 2011a:17 n. 21, Neumann 2012a:403). Shevoroshkin 1994a:138, 149 compares Lyc. zãnaza- with the Hittite personal name mZannanza, son of Šuppiluliuma I. (Laroche 1966b:209). However, this comparison does not help to explain the word any further.
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1.1.4Origin
No etymology possible.
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