ikuwaza-

This lexeme is attested once in a dedicatory inscription composed during the reign of Pttule (on which see Neumann 2007a:289 with further literature).

[D.S.]

nom. sg.	ikuwaza	TL 35.13 (Üsümlü)
unknown	ikuwaz[.]	TL 35.16 (Üsümlü)

Based on the syntax of the sentence, ikuwaz[.] could be either nominative singular, i.e. ikuwaz[a], or dative singular, i.e. ikuwaz[i]. Further contextual evidence is needed to decide.

[D.S.]

Based on its morphology, i.e. the suffix -aza-, ikuwaza- should be a professional title. No meaning has been suggested, only an etymological relationship to the personal names ikuwe- and ikkuweme/i- (Neumann 2007a:151), which sheds no further light on the semantics.

[D.S.]

The etymological connection between Lyc. ikuwaza- and Hitt. ḫink-^(mi) ‘to offer’ suggested by Carruba 1980a:281f. is phonologically incorrect (see under Lyc. A *xe/i-). Neumann 2007a:151 suggests a connection with CLuw. ikkuna-, which is possible (see also Starke 1990a:541), but very speculative. In the end, we do not suggest any etymology for the Lycian title ikuwaza-, whose function (and thus meaning) is still unknown.

[D.S.]