mluhidaza-
‘(a title)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 2020
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
mluhidaza-
‘(a title)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a grave inscription containing instructions pertaining to a temenos.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | mluhidaza | TL 84.1 (Sura) |
| nom. pl. | mluhidazãi | TL 84.4 (Sura) |
| nom. sg. or dat. pl.(?) | mluhidaza | TL 84.4 (Sura) |
Hajnal 1995a:166 n. 201 and Melchert (DLL:41) prefer interpreting mluhidaza in TL 84.4 as dat. pl., although a nominative singular subject for hãxxati would be a more obvious choice. Schürr 2001e:150 and Neumann 2007a:221 leave it open.
[D.S.]
1.1.3Meaning
Considering its formation with the suffix -aza- and its apposition to the personal name Mizretije, mluhidaza- must designate a title. The owner of the tomb Mizretije is called the mluhidaza surezi ‘mluhidaza-official of (the town) Sura’ (Laroche 1979c:99, Bryce 1980a:42 n. 7). That the title has a sacred connotation is made likely by the religious context as well as by the tempting etymology with HLuw. ma-lu-wa/i- (Bugge 1897a:86, Schürr 2001e:150, DLL:41, Neumann 2007a:221, Gehrisch 2018a:130). A more precise meaning cannot be given.
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1.1.4Stem
The noun mluhidaza- can be analyzed as a denominal formation in -aza- derived from *mluhid- (for the suffix -hid-; cf. mahanahid-) (thus Schürr 2001e:150, DLL:41). The base *mlu- can be connected with Lyc. A mlun͂te, but not with the acc. sg. mlu, which belongs to the noun mla- (contra Schürr 2001e:150).
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