a
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 2829
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
a
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This word is found on a Greek-Lycian religious decree that has not been accurately dated yet, although the name of Xezixa, Gergis’ uncle(?), is mentioned.
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| indecl.(?) | a | TL 65.6 (Isinda) |
| TL 65.10 (Isinda) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
The letter a is separated by two word dividers in both cases, which excludes a carving mistake and it is thus a genuine word (Schürr 2005a:133); contra Gehrisch 2018a:116f.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Meaning
No meaning is offered by Neumann 2007a:1 and the word is missing in DLL. Schürr 2005a:133 suggests the 2sg. impv. form of a(i)-(di) ‘to make’, which is formally fine, but contextually difficult as he himself admits. No suggestion is offered here.
[D.S.]
1.2 Lycian B
a
‘(unknown)’1.2.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested 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).
[D.S.]
1.2.2Forms
| indecl.(?) | a | TL 55.8 (Antiphellos) |
1.2.3Graphic Features
The word a is surrounded by two word-dividers just like the Lycian A word a, which excludes a spelling mistake (Schürr 2005a:133); contra Neumann 2007a:162 and DLL:117, who read the entire segment as kdia (and Gehrisch 2018a:107 as kdi[d]a).
[D.S.]
1.2.4Stem
Schürr 2005a:133 suggests the 2sg. impv. form of a(i)-(di) ‘to make’, which is formally fine, but contextually difficult as he himself admits. No suggestion is offered here.
[D.S.]