zrbbla-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- subst, n.
- ID
- 1852
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
zrbbla-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested 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
| acc. sg. | zrbblã | TL 44c.40 (Xanthos) | |
| TL 44c.44 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Meaning
The word zrbblã twice occurs as the direct object of slãma-(ti) ‘to make into an offering’. Therefore, zrbblã should denote something offered to the gods. However, without a persuasive etymological approach, it is hardly possible to guess at the meaning of the word; cf. Neumann 2007a:438 and Gehrisch 2018a:85 for a comparison with Lyd. šarpta-(t) ‘to inscribe’, Shevoroshkin 2002a:219, 232 ‘booty’, Shevoroshkin 2011a:30 ‘tribute’.
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1.1.4Stem
The word zrbbla- most likely consists of a root zrbb- (< *sErb(h)-) and suffix -la- (or -ala- + syncope). On the suffix -ala-, see Sasseville 2014-2015a, although the word in this case is not likely to denote a human being, but rather an object. Differently, Schürr 2016d:176 sees a prefix zr- as in zri- ‘high’ (= Lyc. A hri-), which is less satisfactory.
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