sijeze/i-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 1917
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
sijeze/i-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a grave inscription.
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat. sg. | si〈j〉eẓi | TL 5.9 (Telmessos) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
The interpretation of the word is debated. The reading siezi follows Kalinka 1901a. Melchert (DLL:58) opens the possibility of reading τ?ezi instead, although the expected adjective in -eze/i- agreeing with hriqeri makes the former reading more attractive. Neumann 2007a:324 points out rightly that the glide j has been left out between the two vowels i and e, which is why it is restored here.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Meaning
The adjective sijeze/i- modifies hriqeri. It is tempting to see, with Carruba 1968a:9 n. 11, a connection to the verb si- ‘to lie’, but this remains currently unprovable. Unclear Gehrisch 2018a:21f.
se=i nip!e : {a} tise hriqeri si〈j〉eẓi [ẽ]ṭṛi : ḥṛp̣pi tạ̃ṭu (TL 7-10)
‘They must not place anything on top of the lower sijezi hriqeri.’
Until further evidence emerges, no translation is suggested for Lycian A sijeze/i-.
[D.S.]