*u̯óth₂-/uth₂-´

1. ūtar/n-

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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Melchert (DLL:133) interprets utetu tentatively as a 3sg. impv. form (thus also Neumann 2007a:409, Schürr 2016d:174, Gehrisch 2018a:87). Sasseville 2021d segments ute=tu, analyzing the string as an unmarked form of a verb ute-^(ti) followed by an enclitic pronoun ‘to you/him’. For Lycian verbal endings in -e, see Sasseville 2021a:374f. Differently, Shevoroshkin 2002a:231 (and Shevoroshkin 2014a:243) sees a noun, which is hardly persuasive.

[D.S.]

Within the scope of a contextual analysis of the discussion of the assembly of gods initiated by the Storm-god, Sasseville 2021d shows that, at the passage surrounding the phrase utetu ñtelija, the deity Antaliya begins to speak in the 1^st person singular. Therefore, he translates ute=tu ñtelija ‘says the deity Antaliya to him’, connecting the verb ute- etymologically with Hitt. uttar/n- ‘word, speech’. The etymological connection suggested by Shevoroshkin (apud Neumann 2007a:409) with Hitt. uwate-^(mi) ‘to bring hither’ (followed by Gehrisch 2018a:87) is not possible on phonological grounds because of Hittite singleton -t- (not **-tt-).

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The verb ute- belongs to the Lycian class of verbs in -e-^(ti), i.e. original root verbs of the ḫi-conjugation.

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1. watḫala-