lita-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Class
- Base
- Grammar
- subst, common gender
- ID
- 254
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
lita-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in inscription LW 62 previously dated to the 5th or 4th c. BCE (Gusmani 1964b:132), but see now Euler & Sasseville 2019a for a 6th century dating.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg.(?) | litas | LW 62.4 (Middle Kaystros) | |
| ḷịṭạs | LW 62.2 (Middle Kaystros) |
Formally, the form litas could be accusative plural instead.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
For the reading of the word litas in LW 62.2 see Poetto 2006a:1375.
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1.1.4Meaning
No meaning for this lexeme has been suggested so far; cf. Gusmani 1964b:132, Gusmani 1980a:72, Poetto 2006a:1375. The fragmentary state of the inscription hinders any reliable hypothesis.
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1.1.5Origin
No etymology possible.
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