sxxai(je)-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 2111
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
sxxai(je)-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested 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
1.1.3Graphic Features
The separation of the segment sxxaijakuti into sxxaija and kuti is generally accepted; cf. DLL:129, Neumann 2007a:323, Gehrisch 2018a:90f., but skeptical Schürr 2018b:80. The ellipsis (a)sxxaija suggested by Shevoroshkin 1969a:251 is possible but does not have any advantage at present.
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1.1.4Meaning
No meaning is assigned by DLL:129, Neumann 2007a:323, Schürr 2018b:80 or Gehrisch 2018a:90f.
Shevoroshkin 2012a:466 suggests an etymological connection with Hitt. šaḫḫan- ‘obligation, service’ (and Luw. /sahhan-/) and translates it accordingly; see Shevoroshkin 2014a:240 ‘dues’. The root etymology is phonologically possible, but contextually and morphologically difficult to prove. More evidence is needed.
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1.1.5Stem
The word sxxaija is best interpreted as an adjective in -ai(je)- (substantivized) in the neuter plural.
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