maxa-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 1989
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
maxa-
‘(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.). It is also attested as a personal name Maxa (TL 78).
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1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. (?) | maxã | TL 44a.16 (Xanthos) |
Formally, it could be interpreted as a 1sg. pret. act. form of ma-(ti) (thus Torp 1901b:12, skeptical Neumann 2007a:192), but a nominal interpretation appears more likely in view of the personal name Maxa (TL 78) and the form maxitẽni.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
The separation into m(e)=axã suggested by Gehrisch 2018a:61 is not possible, since me is a sentence introductory particle and the previous se=we makes it clear that the new clause begins with se=we, and that maxã constitutes a unitary word.
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1.1.4Meaning
The fragmentary context does not allow for any reliable semantic assignment.
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