treixali

This lexeme is attested 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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unclear	treixali	TL 44d.25 (Xanthos)
	treixali	TL 44d.69 (Xanthos)

The word treixali could be nom., acc. or dat./loc. sg. More evidence is needed.

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This word is often read as two separate words, i.e. trei and xali, which is entirely possible, although a compound appears more likely (thus also Schürr 2018b:81, hesitant DLL:135).

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From an etymological perspective, it is likely that the second member xali is related to Lyc. A xal(i)- c. ‘courtyard, precinct’ (Neumann 2007a:111), which implies that Lyc. B treixali would refer to some kind of courtyard. However, Shevoroshkin 1971a:206 (and Shevoroshkin 2012a:472) equated it instead with the HLuw. word for ‘day’, i.e. /halliya-/ n., which is phonologically plausible. Concerning the first part of the word, Shevoroshkin (ibid.) attributes it to the word for ‘three’ (see Lyc. B trija), translating trei xali with ‘during three days’, which would leave the synchronic diphthong -ei- unexplained. Based on the current understanding of the passage, it is not possible to verify any of these hypotheses.

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