šitarfλo-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 3323
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
šitarfλo-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested in a metrical inscription that has not yet been dated accurately.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. c. | šitarfλos | LW 14.7 (Sardis) |
1.1.3Meaning
The word šitarfλos is used as a predicate in a nominal sentence modifying the noun mršlas (Vetter 1959a:42f.), here translated as ‘violator (?)’. The word šitarfλo- has been analyzed as containing the preverb ši- of obscure meaning (cf. Meriggi 1935a:114 n. 106, Vetter 1959a:41, Gusmani 1964a:195, Schürr 2000c:170 n. 5). Meriggi 1935a:114 n. 106 has also posited a root tarf-, which he equated with the root tarp- (followed by Gusmani 1965a:206 n. 16), although both should a priori be kept separate on phonological grounds. The meaning ‘possess(ing)’ for šitarfλo- based on an etymological connection with the Lydian root tarp-, previously translated as ‘to possess’ (Meriggi 1935a:114 n. 106, Vetter 1959a:41), is outdated. No meaning is suggested here.
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1.1.4Stem
The formation in -λo- is considered obscure here, although one should compare the similar looking Lyd. ẽntarfλo- and the historical explanation from a Luwian perspective offered in Mouton & Yakubovich 2019a:219f.
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