kbijẽt(i)-
‘two’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 635
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
kbijẽt(i)-
‘two’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested on the inscribed pillar of Xanthos dated shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE.
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. c. | kbijẽti | TL 44c.4 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Meaning
The adjective kbijẽti modifies ubu ‘donation’ and refers to the two donations that the king has received from the Persians for his services: two steles (one in Utãna and one in Kaunos) and one monument. Shevoroshkin 1979a:184 translates correctly ‘two’, while Melchert (DLL:31) translates ‘paired (?)’. Considering that other numbers such as aitãta ‘8’ and nuñtãta ‘9’ have the nt-Suffix, it is not problematic that the number ‘two’ has it likewise, i.e. kbi(je)- + -nt(i)- ‘2’.Schürr 2014a:766 takes kbijẽti to be a place name, which makes no sense in the passage.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Derivatives
For the base of the derivative see Lyc. A kbi(je)-.