*455-li-ia-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3706
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*455-li-ia-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Karkamiš dating to the 10th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. | /…/ | *455-li-ia-na | KARKAMIŠ A1a, §25 (Karkamiš) |
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear, except that the word appears to end in /°liya-/.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Hawkins 2000a:91 tentatively suggests ‘assemblage’, but notes that it is entirely based on the context. Many other meanings seems possible as well, and his suggestion is therefore mentioned, but not followed here. KARKAMIŠ A1a, §25 reads: *a-wa/i-mi-i za-i!-na DEUS-ní-si-i-na *455-li-ia-na i-zi-i-ha, approx. /a=wa=mi zin massanissin ...-liyan izziha/, meaning ‘I made this god’s *455-liya- for myself’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:88).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The word may well be a common gender formation in /-iya-/, which forms abstract nouns from verbs; see Sasseville 2020c:276f.
[AH.B.]