xudiwazade
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 3672
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
xudiwazade
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a grave inscription.
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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pret. act.(?) | xudiwazade | TL 48.7 (Xanthos) |
There are three competing views regarding the word xudiwazade: (1) a personal name in the nom. sg. (see Melchert 1989b:43, DLL:109), (2) agent noun in -aza- followed by particle =de (see Schürr 2004b:193f., Neumann 2007a:137; cf. Meriggi 1963a:14 “xudiwaza=de (?)”), (3) a 3sg. pret. verbal form of a denominative verb in -a(i)-(di) (see Sasseville 2021a:104f.).The analysis offered by Gehrisch 2018a:104 “abl./instr. Pl.” is nonsensical. This all depends on the syntactic interpretation of the passage as well as its clause division. Solutions no. 1 and 2 suffer from an unusual and unattractive word order, whereas solution no. 3 reconciles the syntactic problems and explains the unexpected geminate in epenẽtijatte. Therefore, the last view is adopted here, although it should be emphasized that more evidence would be welcome.
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1.1.3Meaning
The base of xudiwazade has been etymologically connected with Lyc. A xddaza- ‘slave’ (see also CLuw. ḫūtarlānn(i)-) by Schürr 2004b:193f. and Neumann 2007a:137, which is plausible, although it cannot yet be confirmed.
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1.1.4Stem
It is generally agreed that xudiwazade contains the productive Lycian suffix -aza-, although the sequence -iw- remains unclear (cf. Neumann 2007a:137). Sasseville 2021a:104f. further sees a denominative verb in -a(i)-(di), which is typically derived from a-stems.
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