rm̃mazata-
‘monthly delivery/interval’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3226
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
rm̃mazata-
‘monthly delivery/interval’1.1.1Transmission
This compound is attested in a grave inscription.
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. coll. or loc. sg. | rm͂mazata | TL 131.4 (Limyra) |
For a discussion on the grammatical form, see uhazata- under Forms.
[D.S.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
Pace Melchert (DLL:5), TL 112.6 does not contain a second attestation of the noun; see Christiansen 2020a:243.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word rm͂mazata modifies the payment of 5 ada(money) that the potential offender will have to make. The meaning ‘monthly delivery/interval’ has been deduced based on the meaning of each member of the compound, i.e. arm̃ma- and zata- (see Neumann 1974a:113 “monthly delivery”, Laroche 1979c:69 with further literature “monthly”, Neumann 2007a:70 “monthly payment”, Starke 1990a:541 and DLL:5 “monthly offering”).
[D.S.]
1.1.5Stem
For the common gender/collective stem in -a-, see uhazata-. For the productivity of the suffix -ta- c./coll., see Hajnal 1994a:160, Sasseville 2015a:291f. and PAnat. *pii̯éteh2-.
[D.S.]
For the lemma head see Lyc. A arm̃ma-.

