awlad(i)-

This lexeme is found in an inscription that has not been dated accurately, although Gusmani 1975b:12, 53 prefers a date in the 4^th century BCE.

[D.S.]

nom. sg. or pl. (?)	awladiš	LW 80.14 (Sardis)
dat. sg.	awladλ	LW 80.7 (Sardis)

If the observations by Sasseville 2017a:134 concerning the syncope of the nominative singular ending in the mutated suffix -ad(i)- are correct, the form awladiš could be better interpreted as nominative plural. However, the fragmentary context does not permit any decision between singular or plural.

[D.S.]

Gusmani 1975b:18 does not offer any meaning for awlad(i)- (likewise Dusinberre 2003a:234). Despite Gusmani’s doubts, it is surely related to Lyd. awλa- ‘part of the courtyard (?)’. The mention of the dead, i.e. akτa- (LW 80.7), in the same sentence speaks for a funerary context, just like the one of awλa-. If the common base *awla(/i)- means ‘courtyard’, awlad(i)- would mean something similar. The suffix -ad(i)- can be etymologically equated with Lycian -ad(i)-, found e.g. in hrm̃ma- ‘temenos’ → hrm̃mada (coll.) ‘temene’, tãma- ‘house, building’ → (dat. pl. or coll.) tãmade ‘building complex (vel sim.). It appears to be productive with (albeit not limited to) architectural elements and have a collective function (Melchert 1999e:371). If the comparison is correct, awlad(i)- would refer to a collectivity of courtyards or a hall of some kind, perhaps like peristyle with surrounding columns (see Lyd. awλa-). For the suffix, one should also compare Lyc. B xbad(i)- ‘river-valleys’ and its Cuneiform Luwian cognate ḫapāt(i)-.

[D.S.]

The noun belongs to the paradigm of i-mutated stems; for which see Sasseville 2017a.

[D.S.]

For the lemma head, see CLuw. aul(i)-.