ašnãnto-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Class
- Base
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 520
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
ašnãnto-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a metrical inscription from Manisa, dated to the 5th or 4th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pret. ind. act.(?) | ašnãntol | LW 44a.3 (Manisa) |
The grammatical interpretation of this hapax legomenon is very tentative. Formally speaking, it could be a verb in -o-(d), i.e. *ašnãnto-(d), or a noun in -o-, i.e. *ašnãnto-, inflected as a genitival adjective in the nominative plural common gender or in the nominative/accusative collective.
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1.1.3Meaning
The context in which ašnãntol occurs is fragmentary. No meaning can be offered; cf. Gusmani 1964a:65.
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