ñnahi(je)-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 3466
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
ñnahi(je)-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
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.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. pl. n. | ñnahijẽ | TL 44b.28 (Xanthos) |
| abl./instr. | ñnahijedi | TL 44b.29 (Xanthos) |
As correctly pointed out by Schürr 2008a:178 (following DLL:57), (se)ñnahijẽ (nom./acc. sg. n.) cannot agree with θurttã, since the latter is acc. sg. c. A gen. pl. would be possible but is not supported by the second attestation, which shows the same case as [θurtt]adi.
[D.S.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
On the new division of señnahijẽ and señnahijedi as se=ñnahijẽ and se=ñnahijedi, see under the derivational base ñnaha-.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Meaning
For the outdated attempts to uncover the meaning of the word, see under the derivational base.Also outdated is the translation by Gehrisch 2018a:69 as ‘aged’.
[D.S.]
1.1.5Stem
Formally, ñnahi(je)- is an adjective in -i(je)- derived from the substantive ñnaha- c., although it seems to have been substantivized in the context.
[D.S.]
For the lemma head see Lyc. A ñnaha-.