māru-
‘unknown’
- Language
- Palaic
- Class
- Derivative
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3965
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
māru-
‘unknown’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found on a fragment containing a song attributed here to the Palaic language (cf. Schuster 2002a:546f. n. 1119).
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | [ma]-˹a˺-ru-uš | KBo 19.160 ii 2’ | (CTH 754, NS) |
| ma-a-ru-uš | KBo 19.160 ii 5’ | (CTH 754, NS) |
1.1.3Meaning
Due to the fragmentary state of the context, it is difficult to obtain a reliable meaning, although the mention of various nutriments within the song makes an etymological comparison with HLuw. mara/i-wa/i-li- ‘corn-stem’ and CLuw. marawalli(ya)- highly tempting. In this case, Pal. māru- would mean ‘corn’. However, more work on the Palaic context is needed.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Stem
The lexeme is certainly a u-stem.
[D.S.]