n͂tada-
‘funerary chamber (?)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 1962
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
n͂tada-
‘funerary chamber (?)’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
| dat./loc. pl. | n͂tada | TL 44d.18 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Schürr 2016d:81 leaves the sequence tiun͂tada without division. For the interpretation of tiu as a form of Lyc. tija- ‘penalty’, see under lemma.
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1.1.4Meaning
Comparing Lyc. A n͂tata- c. ‘funerary chamber, Hajnal 1995a:158 n. 166 translates n͂tada xn͂nije with ‘the funerary chambers of the grandmothers’, whereas Shevoroshkin 2014a:250 translates ‘(royal) tomb’ (followed by Gehrisch 2018a:90). The semantic assignment is very attractive, although the fragmentary context hinders any certainty.
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1.1.5Stem
Due to the lenited status of the -d- in n͂tada- (n͂te ‘in(to) + *da-), it cannot be equated with Lyc. A n͂tata- (n͂te ‘in(to)’ + ta-(di) ‘to place (horinzontally)’. However, it is tempting to posit that n͂tada- was built before the devoicing of word-initial consonants. If this were the case, the univerbation n͂tada- would be older and share the same root etymology as Lyc. A n͂tata-, i.e. (PIE *dheh1-).
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