sax-*514-mi-ti
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3295
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
sax-*514-mi-ti
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Malatya, dating to the 12th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. sg. | /…/ | sax-*514-mi-ti | KARAHÖYÜK, §8 (Malatya) |
The string of signs at KARAHÖYÜK, §8 is difficult to interpret. The sign 〈sax〉, here taken as the first sign of the word, is preceded by a vertical stroke, sign *380, which may be interpreted as UNUS, i.e. the numeral ‘one’, or as 〈I〉, i.e. the marker for a personal name,Deemed unlikely by Hawkins 2000a:293. or as 〈sa8〉.
Due to the early dating, the morphological analysis strongly points to a dat./loc. sg., since abl./instr. in /-idi/ instead of /-adi/ are a later phenomenon.
An entirely different, now void reading was proposed by Nowicki 1981a:258, cf. the comments by Hawkins 2000a:293.
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear while the word awaits both a secure reading, cf. the remarks under forms above, and etymological connections. Depending on the interpretation of the string of signs, the word may be /sa-…-midi/ or /sasa-…-midi/ vel sim.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word is unknown, see Hawkins 2000a:293, not least because it occurs in a historical passage with many other semantically opaque lexemes. KARAHÖYÜK, §8 reads: a-wa/i-ní 1 sax-*514-mi-ti SOLIUM?+MI?-nú-tá, approx. /a=wa=an … sa-…-midi isnutta/, perhaps meaning ‘He settled it/him/her for one sax-*514-mi-ti’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:289).
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1.1.5Stem
Without a phonological interpretation, the morphological analysis is difficult. The word may be a neuter noun in /-id-/, but until further evidence is found, this suggestion will remain hypothetical.
[AH.B.]