kimλa-(d)
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 897
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
kimλa-(d)
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This word is found on a marble stele, which cannot be dated accurately, although Gusmani 1975b:12 assigns it on paleographic grounds to the 4th century BCE (followed by Dusinberre 2003a:234).
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pres. act. | kimλad | LW 80.9 (Sardis) |
Gusmani 1980a:66 hesitates between analyzing kimλad into kim=λ=ad with a particle chain and taking it as a nom./acc. sg n. noun. Both hypotheses should be abandoned; see under Meaning.
[D.S.]
1.1.3Meaning
Gusmani 1975b:19f. establishes an etymological relationship between kim (LW 10.21) and kimλad. Later on, Gusmani 1980a:89 points out the possible connection between the acc. sg. c. šikimλaν and kimλad, which he sees as a neuter form, and proposes two nominal forms with different genders. The prefixed form ši-kimλaν assures us of the existence of a common gender noun *kimλa- c., which is most likely the derivational base of kimλad, best interpreted as a denominative verb in -a-(d). Despite the new interpretation as a verb, no semantic assignment can be given. None is suggested either by Dusinberre 2003a:234.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Origin
No etymology possible.
[D.S.]