zbali-(ti)
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1798
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
zbali-(ti)
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
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.).
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1.1.2Forms
1.1.3Graphic Features
Melchert (DLL:137) mentions the possibility of segmenting zbali and t[ … ] (likewise Shevoroshkin 2014a:35, Gehrisch 2018a:90), which is entirely possible, albeit difficult to prove or disprove.
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1.1.4Meaning
Neumann 2007a:431 compares Lyc. A zbe-(ti), which probably contains the same base. It is also highly likely that Lyc. B zawa has the unsyncopated variant, i.e. zawa > *zwa- = *zba-. No semantics can be assigned for now.
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1.1.5Stem
The word is tentatively interpreted as a denominative in -i-(ti), although the fragmentary context calls for caution.
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