utakija
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 2524
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
utakija
‘(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
| nom./acc. coll. (?) | utakija | TL 44c.52 (Xanthos) |
The word utakija could be the nom./acc. pl. n. of a stem utakije- (thus DLL:133) or the collective of a stem utakija-. Shevoroshkin 1969a:270 sees a dative singular, whereas Schürr 2016d:174 suggests tentatively a nom. sg., both without justification.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Shevoroshkin 2014a:243 suggests segmenting uta and kija, seeing in the latter a relative pronoun. However, the relative pronoun in Lycian B precedes the verb or the predicate noun, rendering the possibility of a relative sentence very remote in this case.
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1.1.4Meaning
The noun utakija is coordinated with zrẽtẽni ‘the (divine) protector’ and both refer to something that the Lycian king Gergis comes into contact with during his campaigns. Further, utakija is modified by the genitive plural qirzẽ ‘of the qirza-sanctuaries’ (Sasseville 2021d). Therefore, it is possible that utekija refers to deities or elements of a property/sanctuary. Shevoroshkin 1969a:270 connects utakija to Lyc. B ute-, which is possible, but difficult to prove.
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