ddaijanadite

This word is found in a grave inscription dated to the reign of Perikle (first half of 4^th century BCE.).

[D.S.]

3sg. pret. ind. act.(?)

ddaijanadịte

TL 104c.1 (Limyra)

The long sequence ddaijanadịte has led various scholars to analyse it as more than one word. For example, Carruba 1969b:30 separates ddaijanadịte into dda-, which he equates with the preverb ñte ‘in(to)’, -ija- and nadite. However, this does not lead to a convincing semantic or morphological interpretation of the sequence. Instead, it is preferable to regard it as one word, i.e. a denominative verb in -i-^(ti) derived from a non-attested base *ddaijanad(i)-. The first element *dda- can be compared to the first member of compound personal names such as dda-qasa-, dda-pssm̃ma-, dda-xñta. One should also take the verb ddali-^(di) into consideration. In *ddaijanad(i)-, the base *dda- would have been derived with the adjectival suffix -aij(e)-, i.e. *ddai(je)- ‘pertaining to the dda’. An n-stem must have been built to the adjective, and subsequently the suffix -ad(i)- was attached, i.e. *ddaijan- + -ad(i)-; cf. mrbbanada. The badly preserved passage in which ddaijanadịte is attested renders any hypothesis tentative. No semantic assignment can be posited.

[D.S.]