muni
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Class
- Base
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 242
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
muni
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found on the Xanthian Obelisk dated shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 404 BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| Case Unknown, sg. | muni | TL 44d.27 (Xanthos), TL 44d.34 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Meaning
The word muni occurs twice within the same context, which is of religious (and probably sacrificial) nature. In both cases, it co-occurs with the verb trbbdi. Shevoroshkin 2002c:415 (and apud Neumann 2007a:226f.) suggests that muni is the subject of the sentence and refers to a person with a high title, who acts like Gergis did in TL 44c.37. This is possible, but not the only option, because muni can be interpreted instead as the indirect object of each of the two sentences.
Differently, Schürr 2013d:262 interprets muni as a feminine personal name because of the occurences of the names Μονις (woman), Μονιδαβη und Μονινδενις (woman) in Greek inscriptions of south Asia Minor. This hypothesis cannot be accepted, as long as there is no contextual support.
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1.1.4Stem
The stem class of this lexeme is not assured. The most likely possibilities are a mutated stem or an a-stem.
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1.1.5Compounds
1.1.6Origin
No etymology possible.
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