tupm̃me/i-
‘twice as many’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 637
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
tupm̃me/i-
‘twice as many’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found once in a grave inscription of Antiphellos.
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. pl. | tupm̃me | TL 57.6 (Antiphellos) |
1.1.3Meaning
In the context of TL 57, it is said that the Mindis will make a transfer into the lower grave for 1 shekel, but in the upper one for tupm̃me shekels. From an Indo-European perspective, Savelsberg 1878a:156f. suggests based on a comparison between tupm̃me and mupm̃me that the elements tu- and mu- refer to numbers and assigns the meaning ‘double, twice’ (vel sim.) to the former (followed by Meriggi 1936b:266, DLL:73, Neumann 2007a:390f.). Therefore, the translation would be ‘for twice as many shekels = 2 shekels’. Since the phrase tupm̃me sixla is in the plural, the translation ‘double’ is not accurate, but the sense is the same in the end.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Stem
Regarding the morphology of the word, Carruba 1974a:590 suggests that the sequence -pm̃me/i- goes back to a pre-form *tuweme/i- with syncope of the medial vowel and assimilation of *w > p (the letter
rendering in this case a voiced labial stop [b]). This is made plausible by the lack of the sequence *-wm̃m- in the Lycian corpus.
[D.S.]
2. Reconstruction
2.1Reconstruction
Carruba 1974a:590 reconstructs for Lyc. tupm̃me/i- a formation in *-mo-, i.e. *du̯o-mo-, comparing Hitt. damāi- ‘other’ < Pre-Hitt. *du̯a-ma-i-. Since the Pre-Lycian initial sequence *du̯- becomes kb-, tupm̃me/i- must reflect a different syllabification, i.e. *duu̯-. For a similar situation in Luwian see CLuw. duyanalli-.
[D.S.]
For the lemma head see PAnat. *du̯o- / *du̯eh2.