*259.*502-mi-li-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3426
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*259.*502-mi-li-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Malatya dating to the 12th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. sg.? | /…/ | *259.*502-mi-li | KARAHÖYÜK (ELBİSTAN), §18 (Malatya) |
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear. The syllabic signs following the two logograms suggest the word to end in /°mili/, cf. the discussion of the stem below.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word occurs in a passage relating some good deeds of the author, yet it does not aid in narrowing down the meaning, and the semantic interpretation remains out of the scholarly grasp for the time being, cf. Hawkins 2000a:294. KARAHÖYÜK (ELBİSTAN), §18 reads: *259.*502-mi-li SUPER *521-ha, approx. /…-mili sarra …-Ha/, with a translation attempt as ‘I …-ed over the *259.*502-mili-’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:290).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The attested spelling suggests that the word may be a substantivised adjective in /-il(i)-/. However, the derivational base remains opaque for now.
[AH.B.]