zata-

This lexeme is found in grave inscriptions. One should also note its productivity in compounds.

[D.S.]

nom./acc. coll.	zaṭạ	TL 134.3 (Limyra)
	zata	TL 94.3 (Myra)
	zat(a)	TL 65.5 (Isinda)

Neumann 2007a:430 (and Neumann 2012a:395) takes adrazata as a compound, which is possible, although adra could belong to the previous word trbbẽtadra instead (thus DLL:70, 88). Christiansen 2020a:254 takes trbbẽtadrazaṭạ as one word and suggests the translation ‘reallocation’. Further evidence is needed. For a new edition of TL 134, see Christiansen ibid. There is also possible an attestation found in Lycian B [z^?]aṭa (TL 55.4); see under Lyc. B ãpi-^(ti).

[D.S.]

The word zata- regularly refers to something to be delivered as a payment, e.g. money, sacrificial animals, often in contexts of a punishment, payment or service to a cult. Neumann 1974a:113 suggests on contextual grounds the meaning ‘allocation, delivery’ (followed by Hajnal 1994a:159, Melchert (DLL:75), Christiansen 2020a:254). Its meaning has been easier to verify with the compounds uhazata- and rm̃mazata-.

[D.S.]

The noun zata- is a formation in -ta-, so far only attested in the collective, unless one takes zata as locative singular; see under Compounds. It is derived from the verb za-^(ti) ‘to give as a share’ (DLL:88).

[D.S.]

1. rm̃mazata-
2. uhazata-

For the lemma head see Lyc. ta-^(di).