uν

The lexeme is attested once in the text of a legal agreement found in the precinct of Artemis in Sardis and broadly datable to the 5^th-4^th century BCE.   

[I.Y.]

indecl.	uν	LW 23.19 (Sardis)
	ụ?ν	LW 23.21 (Sardis)

According to Gusmani 1964a:217, another certain occurrence of uν is found in LW 23.21, but Gusmani 1964a:260 underscored the tentative character of this interpretation. The inspection of the photograph of the relevant segment does not guarantee the reading of the vowel u nor the separation from the preceding group of signs.

[I.Y.]

The position of uν before the finite verbal form f̣awcνasoḍ supports the assumption that we are dealing with a preverb. This would add uν to the list of other Lydian local adverbs ending in -ν, such as dãν, wicν, šawν etc. The interpretation of this form as an infinitive in Gusmani 1964a:217 stumbles upon the lack of any assured infinitives in -ν in Lydian, as opposed to the well-attested infinitives in -l (Gérard 2005a:113f.). The comparison of uν with Hitt. awan is in itself not sufficient to clarify its meaning.

[I.Y.]