marḫiye/a-(ti)
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Palaic
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 725
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
marḫiye/a-(ti)
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found on a Hittite festival fragment with Palaic and Luwian incantations as well as in an isolated festival text.
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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pres. ind. act. | [ … ]mar-ḫi-it | KUB 35.5 ii 3 | (CTH 750, NS) |
| 2sg. impv. act. | ma-a-ar-ḫi-ia | KBo 13.126 obv.? 5’ | (CTH 753, NS) |
The word mārḫiya could be instead an adjective in -iya- inflected either in the nominative/accusative neuter plural or in the locative singular. However, Carruba 1970a:63 suggests a verbal form in the 2nd singular imperative, which is more likely. He adduces the word […(-)]mar-ḫi-it (KUB 35.5 ii 3), which he parses as 3rd singular preterit, and attributes it to the same lexeme as mārḫiya. Likewise, Meriggi 1980a:343 suggests taking mar-ḫi-it as a verbal form cognate with Pal. marḫiya. The interpretation as a verbal form is made plausible by the fact that mar-ḫi-it ends the sentence. However, since each of the two contexts is fragmentary, any grammatical and lexical assignment must remain tentative.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs of the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
The root marḫ- is probably the same as the one of mārḫa- c. ‘guest’, although the fragmentary state of the context hinders any verification. Carruba 1970a:63 equates the Palaic word marḫiya, which he interprets as a verb, with Hitt. mārkaḫḫi ‘I divide, I cut apart’ and translates it accordingly. The etymological connection faces a serious phonological problem vis-à-vis the sequence -rḫ- for Hitt. -rk-, which would be unparalleled; cf. Melchert 1994a:221f.
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For the lemma head see Palaic marḫ-.