km̃mẽt(i)-

This lexeme is found in various grave inscriptions as well as in the Letoon trilingual.

[D.S.]

nom. sg. c.	[k]m͂m[ẽ]t[i]	TL 23.4 (Tlos)
nom./acc. sg. n.	km͂mẽ	TL 26.23 (Tlos)
		TL 35.8 (Kadyanda)
		N 320.16 (Xanthos)
		N 320.23 (Xanthos)
nom. pl. c.	km͂mẽti	TL 29.11 (Tlos)
	km͂mẹ̃ti	TL 112.5(x2) (Limyra)
acc. pl. c.	km͂mẽtis	N 320.21 (Xanthos)
nom./acc. pl. n.	km͂mã[ta]	N 337.5 (Limyra)
unclear	km͂mẽ[	TL 26.9 (Tlos)

Some of the nom./acc. sg. n. attestations of km͂mẽ could be assigned to the lexeme km͂me/i- ‘as many (as) (?)’ instead. Pace Hajnal 1995a:183, who tries to combine the forms in -nt(i)- and the ones without, e.g. km͂ma, into one single lexeme.

Christiansen 2012a:145 restores km͂mẽ[ti at TL 26.9, in order to obtain an agreement with muhãi ‘gods’ (nom. pl.). However, ñtej=ewẽ marks the beginning of a new clause, which diminishes the credibility of the claim, although km͂mẽ[ could still refer anaphorically to muhãi, but more evidence is needed.

For the adopted restoration of km͂mã[ta], see Christiansen 2012a:145.

[D.S.]

For a new collation of TL 112 and the reading of the two attestations, see Christiansen 2020a:242.

[D.S.]

In the Greek version of the Lycian text, km͂mẽt(i)- is rendered with ὅσος ‘how(ever) many’ (Laroche 1979c:69f.), which shed light onto all well-preserved contexts in which the lexeme is attested (cf. Carruba 1977a:304f., Melchert in DLL:33, Schürr 2001b:122, Neumann 2007a:171, Gehrisch 2018a:153, Christiansen 2020a:242f.), although the meaning of the base km͂me/i- remained more problematic; see under lemma.

[D.S.]

The lexeme km͂mẽt(i)- is a mutated consonantal stem, in which the word-final -t with the nom./acc. sg. n.’s zero ending is lost, i.e. *km͂mẽt# > km͂mẽ.

[D.S.]

For a univerbated frozen case form in Lycian B, see nekm͂mẽti.

For the derivational base, see km͂me/i-.