xala

This word, provided it is read correctly, is attested in the poetical inscription engraved on the lion sarcophagus of Antiphellos, dated on stylistic grounds to the beginning of the 4^th century BCE (Zahle 1979a:318, Mühlbauer 2007a:91).

[D.S.]

This word has previously been read as ãala (see Kalinka 1901a:54, Schürr 2005a:129, 135, DLL:113), but Neumann 2007a:32 points out that the “Wiener Abklatsch” shows xala, which yields a more phonologically appropriate word (undecided Gehrisch 2018a:111). This reading was already suggested by Shevoroshkin 1969a:264, since the letter ã and x look very similar. The reading of a ḍ instead of ḷ should not be excluded either (for the existence of a word *xada- in Lycian, see Schürr 2014a:759).

[D.S.]

The ending -a calls for an agreement with the word zm̃pra, the direct object of the sentence. Alternatively, a pre- or postposition should not be excluded. An etymological connection with the verb Lyc. A xal-^(ti) and Lyc. B treixali is possible but unprovable based on the current state of research.

[D.S.]