hublehe/i-

This lexeme is found on a stele that cannot be dated accurately.

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unknown

hublehi

TL 65.6 (Isinda)

The context in which hublehi is found is too damaged to verify any semantic approach. Shevoroshkin (apud Neumann 2007a:105) suggests an etymological connection with Hitt. šuppal- ‘small cattle’, which is not supported phonologically, since the Hittite geminate -pp- equals Lycian p. Martínez-Rodrígez 2019a:221 suggests an association with the Lycian root huw- ‘to fill’ (cf. Hitt./CLuw. šuw-) found in huwedre/i- ‘all’, demonstrating that the sequence *-wl- in Lycian becomes -bl-. Her analysis is entirely convincing, although any semantic connection with ‘filling’ cannot be proven due to the fragmentary state of the context, as she herself concedes.

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The word hublehi can be interpreted as the genitival adjective in -ehe/i- of a non-attested noun *huble-, i.e. hublehe/i-, or as the lexicalized version of it.

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For a potential etymology, see under Meaning. No reconstruction is offered here.

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