/ibami(ya)-/, OCCIDENS-mi-
‘western’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 3622
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/ibami(ya)-/, OCCIDENS-mi-
‘western’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Cilicia, dating to the 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| abl./instr. | /ibamidi/ | OCCIDENS-mi-ti | ÇİNEKÖY, §7 (Cilicia) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is reasonably certain. The spelling with the logogram OCCIDENS (sign *379) links the word with the noun /ibam(i)-/ ‘west’, as does the syllabically spelt part. Taken in isolation, the present word may be assumed to belong to the paradigm of the noun, but the context at ÇİNEKÖY, §7 shows that an analysis as an adjective is rather more likely, with the suffix /-i(ya)-/ having been syncopated to /-i-/, see e.g. Melchert 2003b:183.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The assigned meaning is based on the morphology and the context of attestation of the word. While the attested form could also represent the noun, the context at ÇİNEKÖY, §7 shows that an adjective is rather more likely: kwa/i-pa-wa/i *274-li-ha (CASTRUM)ha+ra/i-na-sà ORIENS-mi-ia-ti x-i?-ni? 8 OCCIDENS-mi-ti-ha 7 CASTRUM-za, approx. /kwippa=wa hattalliha harnassa kistamiyadi … ibamidi=ha … harnasssan=za/, meaning ‘Indeed, I subdued fortresses, from the eastern … eight, and from the western (one) seven fortresses’ (cf. Tekoğlu & Lemaire 2000a:968-972). In the context, the word /kistamiyadi/ ‘eastern’ is clearly an adjective, and the coordinated /ibamidi/ therefore likely belongs to the same part of speech category.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The adjective is derived from the also attested noun /ibam(i)-/ ‘west’ with the frequently used suffix /-i(ya)-/. Even in cases without i-mutation, the suffix can undergo syncope and thus contract to /-i-/, cf. Melchert 2003b:183.
[AH.B.]
For the lemma head, see HLuw. */ib(a)-/.