kanlela-

The forms come from three inscriptions from outside Sardis, one of which is found in the Lower Hermos valley, and two are found in the Middle Kaystros valley.  The inscriptions LW and LW 50 are dated to the late 4^th century BCE based on their dating formulae, while LW 43 can be only approximately dated to the 5^th or 4^th century BCE.

[I.Y.]

The lexeme kanlela- always follows ora- ‘month’ and therefore must represent a month name, as was already observed in Buckler 1924a:58 n. 1. Further attempts to specify the month are not convincing. The interpretation ‘initial’ or ‘final’ was offered in Meriggi 1935a:78 n. 18 and lately repeated in Schürr 2000c:168, but its only rationale is the alleged contrast between the month names kanlela- and išl(i)-, which in fact cannot be compared even at the stem level.

[I.Y.]

Synchronically, an a-stem. All the month names apparently represent adjectives, which at some point were derived with a lateral suffix, so in this particular case one can assume the suffix -la-, the other occurrences of which are discussed in Sasseville 2014-2015a. In addition, the prefix kan- can be probably segmented in the lexeme under discussion, following Meriggi 1935a:78 n. 18. The meaning of the root remains unclear.   

[I.Y.]