aλa-
‘other’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 3204
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
aλa-
‘other’1.1.1Transmission
The lexeme is attested five times in four different inscriptions, all coming from Sardis.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. or pl. c. | aλas | LW 23.16 (Sardis) | |
| nom. sg. n | aλad | LW 24.6 (Sardis) | |
| dat. sg. | aλaλ | LW. 23.15 (Sardis) | |
| dat. pl. | aλẽν | LW 2.7 (Sardis) | |
| unclear | aλạ[ | LW 71.7 (Sardis) |
1.1.3Meaning
The correct meaning of this lexeme has been offered already in Brandenstein 1929a:285f. Its primary support comes from LW 23.15-16, where the context strongly suggests the translation ‘not to anyone else’ for aλaλ nid qλ=k. Additional combinatory evidence comes from LW 2.7, where aλẽν awλãν concludes a long list of noun phrases coordinated by disjunctions. It is fair to say that etymological considerations play but a secondary role in semantic assignment in this case.
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1.1.4Stem
The stem aλa- represents one of the Lydian a/ẽ-stems, on which see Hajnal 2004a:1889-192 and Sasseville 2017a:143. It introduces the most direct comparative evidence for the continuation of Indo-European thematic stems.
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1.1.5Derivatives
For the lemma head see Lyd. *al(i)-.