†=t

van den Hout 1999a:36f. suggested that the phrase sb ak̑t[ms]˹k˺m (C.Ka 5, 9-10) / sb ak̑tmsk[m] (C.Ka 2, 5) represents in fact the particle chain sba=k̑=t=ms=km, with an alleged by-form of sb ‘and’, with =k̑ ‘and’ (see s.v.), with =t, with =ms, the dat. pl. of the 3^rd person enclitic pronoun (see s.v.), and a particle =km, without explanation (sic, see s.v.). He compared =t with the Lydian reflexive particle =(i)τ, traditionally analyzed as =t ‘a particle’ + =s ‘reflexive pronoun’, but this analysis is syntactically improbable (see s.v.). But even if this analysis were correct, the interpretation of the phrase as particle chain can be excluded: first, it does not make sense to assume a particle ‘and’ following a conjunction meaning ‘and’, unless this conjunction is already a meaningless sentence initial particle, but there is no evidence for this in case of sb (see s.v.). Second, there is no evidence for a by-form “sba” of sb (see s.v.). Third, a dat. pl. =ms enclitic pronoun does not exist (see s.v.). Finally, note also the interesting circumstance that until now no sentence initial particle chain could assuredly have been identified in Carian, see the critical discussion in Simon 2020d:400‒403 with refs.

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