ñtipa-

This word is attested in two grave inscriptions.

[D.S.]

nom. sg.	ñtipa	TL 124.3-4 (Limyra)
loc. sg.	ñtipa	TL 88.3 (Myra)

Pace Neumann 2007a:252, taking ñtipatezi (TL 88) as a compound is not persuasive.

[D.S.]

The word ñtipa is found once modifying tezi ‘sarcophagus’ (TL 88), though both terms together refer to the interior of the chamber (Seyer 2019a:264) and another time to the upper part of the tomb (TL 124). The earlier theory of Thomsen 1922a:371 that it means ‘inscribed’ (followed by Houwink ten Cate 1961a:95, Bryce 1986a:78f., Gehrisch 2018a:133) can be rejected on morphological grounds, since we are dealing with a concrete noun in -a- c. (or less likely an adverb). Furthermore, there is independent evidence that would connect ñtipa with the inscription. The meaning ‘sarcophagus’ for ñtipa as suggested by Melchert (DLL:46) is somewhat redundant in view of the same meaning attributed to teze/i- (same criticism made by Gehrisch 2018a:133) and not entirely supported by the archeological evidence, for which see Seyer 2019a:264. Therefore, one should perhaps stay with a more general meaning such as ‘interior’ or ‘chamber’. In any case, more evidence is needed.

[D.S.]

The word can be morphologically analyzed as ñt(e) ‘inside’ + *ipa-, although the second member of the compound would remain unclear. Therefore, further evidence is needed before positing an actual etymology for the noun.

[D.S.]

The Persian origin proposed for the noun by Thomsen 1922a:371 is rightly doubted by Neumann 1969c:367 and Schmitt 1982b:386. Likewise, the connection with Greek δέπας ‘drinking vessel’ postulated by Carruba 2002a:79 is untenable.

[D.S.]