wastνun-
‘(type of transfer)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 848
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
wastνun-
‘(type of transfer)’1.1.1Transmission
This noun occurs once in a burial inscription and once in a text belonging to the sphere of public law. Both texts are from Sardis and can be loosely dated to 5th - 4th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| acc. pl. | wastνun(=k) | LW 22.7 (Sardis) | |
| poss. adj. nom. sg. c. | wastνunliš | LW 10.13 (Sardis) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The gender of the noun cannot be determined based on the available forms, but if it is the common gender, then the stem was probably wastνun(i)-. For the possible syncope of the stem-final vowel in nom.sg. before =k, cf. datros(i)-. The accent was probably on the initial syllable, hence the preservation of the root vowel (cf. wsta-).
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1.1.4Meaning
As long as one accepts that datros(i)- refers to a type of payment or transaction involving property, the hypothesis that wastνun- belongs to the same semantic field imposes itself in view of the juxtaposition of wastνun=k and datros=k in LW 22.7. In LW 10.13, one finds the possessive construction wastνunliš qašaas, where qaša- refers to a type of property, or something similar. Cf. further the discussion of the meaning of wsta-.
According to Meriggi 1935a:97 wastνun- has the meaning ‘honesty’ or ‘honest guarantee’, which effectively disconnected wastνun- from its base wsta-. The meaning ‘heritage’ is advocated in Gusmani 1964a largely on the basis of how of wsta- is interpreted in the same dictionary. According to Carruba 1969a:72, n.33, wastνun- has no plausible interpretation.
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1.1.5Stem
wastνun- appears to have been derived from wsta- with the help of the suffix -νun-, which does not seem to be attested elsewhere in Lydian. Nevertheless, the synchronic connection between wastνun- and its base is hardly to be doubted. As noted in Schürr 1997a:210, the juxtaposition of wastνun=k and datros=k in LW 22.7 must be treated in the context of the collocation LW 13.2-3 ištaminliš wstaas datrosiš=k šarys.
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For the base of the derivative see Lyd. wsta-.