ebeli
‘here’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- adv
- ID
- 3657
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
ebeli
‘here’1.1.1Transmission
This word is found in grave inscriptions and 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.).
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1.1.2Forms
| indecl. | ebeli | TL 150.1 (Rhodiapolis) |
| (e)beli | TL 44b.2 (Xanthos) | |
| [e]beli | TL 107.1 (Limyra) |
1.1.3Meaning
On contextual grounds, Pedersen 1945a:17 suggests the meaning ‘here’ for ebeli, i.e. ebeli me=sijẽni ‘here lies …’ (followed by Meriggi 1980b:238, Melchert (DLL:12), Eichner 2005a:24 n. 127, Neumann 2007a:48, Neumann 2012a:406, Schürr 2012a:127 n. 13). The morphological comparison with Lyc. A teli ‘where’ adds further confirmation.
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1.1.4Stem
On the origin of the locatival morpheme -li, cf. Pedersen 1945a:19f., Laroche 1960a:181 n. 4. and Rieken 2008a:251.
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For the lemma head see Lyc. ebe(n͂ne)-.