*485-li-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3522
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*485-li-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Malatya dating to the early 11th or 10th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. | /…/ | *485-li-na | DARENDE, §2 (Malatya) |
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear beyond the fact that the word appears to end in /°l(i)-/. The interpretation of *485 is quite elusive thus far also because it occurs only in the present word.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of the word has remained opaque so far. Neither the shape of *485 nor the context provide enough clues for arriving at even a tentative interpretation. DARENDE, §2 reads: a-wa/i MANUSx(-)tu-ma-ni-i-na(URBS) *485-li-na SOLIUM-nú-wa/i-ha, approx. /a=wa Tumanin ...-lin isnuwahha/, meaning ‘I settled the *485 of Tumani’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:305).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The spelling hints at a stem in /-alla/i-/, which would make the noun a common gender substantivised adjective. Nothing further can be said about the stem at present.
[AH.B.]