qñnãtbisu
‘twelve times (?)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 639
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
qñnãtbisu
‘twelve times (?)’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
| indecl. | qñnãtbisu | TL 44c.51 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Meaning
The word qñnãtbisu was interpreted as a number because of the Lycian B phrase trisu qñnatbisu ‘three times, x times’. The exact number is perhaps ‘twelve (?)’; cf. under Lyc. A qñnãkba. For the element -su see under Lyc. B tbisu.
[D.S.]
For the base of the derivative see Lyc. B qñnãtba.