hijãna-

This lexeme is attested in the inscription of the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE and stylistically to around 400 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.).

[D.S.]

1sg. pret. act.

hijãnaxã

TL 44b.24 (Xanthos)

Thus following Melchert in DLL:23, Schürr 2009a:158, Serangeli 2016a.

[D.S.]

Neumann 2007a:93f. suggests two different segmentations for the attested string: first, hijã and naxã, which is formally possible but not cogent, and second, hijã and axã with the “n” resulting from sandhi (this also Schürr 2007b:115), which is unparalleled in Lycian (cf. pddẽnehm̃me/i-). In any case, an interpretation of the string as a single word is preferable; see under Meaning.

[D.S.]

Serangeli 2016a:64 suggests on contextual grounds the meaning ‘to unify’ for Lycian hijãnaxã. She adduces further evidence from an etymological perspective with Hitt. šiya- ‘one’; see below. Despite the attractiveness of her hypothesis, further evidence is required to confirm it.

[D.S.]

Serangeli 2016a:65 views hijãnaxã as a univerbation consisting of the verb a(i)-^(di) and the word hija- (= Hitt. šiya- ‘one’) as a frozen accusative, i.e. jix*sijām. She thus assumes that the stem class of the verb is hijãna(i)-^(di) despite the lack of lenition, which is possible, since x and g are slowly merging in Lycian. It is needless to say that further evidence is necessary to verify her hypothesis.

[D.S.]