aspluwa-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Class
- Base
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 482
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
aspluwa-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in an inscription from Sardis dated to the 5th or 4th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | aṣp̣luwaṣ | LW 26.4 (Sardis) |
If it is a nominative singular, the word aspluwas would occur in apposition to the name of the goddess Artemis (thus Gusmani 1964a:66, followed by Payne & Wintjes 2016a:97. An alternative analysis views it as an accusative plural and thus the direct object of the verb, which is not preserved.
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1.1.3Meaning
The context, in which the word aspluwas is found, is obscure and fragmentary. It appears to be a compound with as- as its first member (as in as-trko-) and pluwa- as second member. No meaning can be offered; cf. Gusmani 1964a:6.
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1.1.4Origin
No etymology possible.
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