ziwala-
‘(a kind of a priest)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 2672
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
ziwala-
‘(a kind of a priest)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found once in the poetical inscription engraved on the lion sarcophagus of Antiphellos, dated on stylistic grounds to the beginning of the 4th century BCE (Zahle 1979a:318, Mühlbauer 2007a:91).
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1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. | ziwalã | TL 55.7 (Antiphellos) |
1.1.3Meaning
The derivative ziwala- has been rightly connected to the base ziwi ‘divinity, god’ (Shevoroshkin 1977a:139, Schürr 1997c:137, Schürr 2005a:156). Sasseville 2014-2015a:112 brings further evidence for the existence of a Lycian suffix -ala-, which builds agent nouns or professional titles. This supports in turn the hypothesis that ziwala- denotes some kind of priest.Shevoroshkin 2012a:464 translates ziwala- as ‘tribute-payer’, which is random and unsupported. It has also rightly been compared to Lyd. ciwla-(d) (Shevoroshkin apud Schürr 1997c:137), a denominative verb derived from a non-attested title *ciwla- (or *ciwala-) ‘(a kind of priest)’, which can be etymologically equated to Lyc. B ziwala-.
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1.1.4Stem
For the suffix -ala- c., see Sasseville 2014-2015a.
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For the derivational base, see Lyc. B ziwi.