es-(di)
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2120
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
es-(di)
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a grave inscription.
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pres. ind. act. (?) | ẹṣ?ḍ?ị | TL 118.6 (Limyra) |
| 3sg. pret. ind. act. (?) | esde | TL 118.4 (Limyra) |
The grammatical analysis of these two occurrences as verbal forms is by no means assured. Both are found within clauses expressing prohibitions and are used with the word ṭ?eunẽ ‘?’ (the reading of the first letter is not certain, see Christiansen 2020a:252 n. 340), which looks like a direct object (acc. sg.?). Thus, one could posit a verb es-(di). Both the lenited conjugation and the preservation of the sequence -sT- speak for the syncope of a stem vowel, i.e. *es-V-di > esdi. For parallel cases in which verbs of the lenited conjugation lose their stem vowel due to a late accent shift and syncope, see mrccdi and LycB. trbbdi.
[D.S.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
For a new edition of the inscription and the readings adopted in the table, see Christiansen 2020a:252.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Meaning
No meaning can be convincingly suggested; cf. DLL:18, Neumann 2007a:75 and Gehrisch 2018a:157f. “to make”.
[D.S.]