klleime-
‘tribute’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Class
- Derivative
- Grammar
- subst, n.
- ID
- 302
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
klleime-
‘tribute’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested only on the Xanthos pillar, which was inscribed shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. pl. | klleima | TL 44c.45 (Xanthos) | |
| dat./loc. pl. | klleime | TL 44d.61 (Xanthos) | |
| abl./instr. | klleimedi | TL 44c.49 (Xanthos), TL 44c.60 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Meaning ‘tribute’
Melchert (DLL:118) suggests the meaning ‘tribute’ based on the morphological analysis: He interprets the Lycian B noun klleime- as a substantivized participle of the verb *kll(e)i-, whose cognate is found in Lyc. A ttl(e)i-(di). (followed by Hajnal 1995a:157 n. 158, contra Meriggi 1938a:150, Shevoroshkin 1969a:264). Contextual evidence in favor of Melchert’s hypothesis can be found in the passage TL 44d.61, where the word klleime is modified by sm̃mẽte ‘having bindings/obligations’ (vel sim.). Thus, the whole phrase can be plausibly translated as ‘binding tributes’ (vel sim.).
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1.1.4Compounds
For the lemma head see Lyc. B *ki-(ti).