tẽmw(a/i)-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 532
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
tẽmw(a/i)-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in an inscription from Sardis, dated to the 4th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. c. or dat./gen. pl. | tẽmwaν | LW 80.12 (Sardis) |
1.1.3Meaning
Gusmani 1980a:101 suggests a connection with the Lydian root tam- ‘to build’, but there is no evidence within the context that tẽmwaν has any semantic connection with ‘build(ing)’. Schürr 2006b:1571 assumes that tẽmwaν is coordinated with tutra=k ‘and the daughter (?)’ as genitive plural and that both are dependent on taada[.] ‘father’. Therefore, he suggests that tẽmwaν is a family term such as ‘son-in-law’. His semantic assignment cannot be proven and considering the fact that the context is fragmentary, no meaning will be offered here.
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1.1.4Origin
No etymology possible.
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