iwe-

This lexeme is found in the inscription of the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE and stylistically to around 400 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.).

[D.S.]

acc. sg.

iwẽ

TL 44b.4 (Xanthos)

A genitive plural in -ẽ is not likely in view of its coordination with the accusative plural τeτeris. Gehrisch 2018a:70 interprets iwẽ as an adverb or particle, which is completely unsupported.

[D.S.]

The word iwẽ is coordinated with τeτeris ‘towns’, which would imply that it refers to something contextually related, and both nouns are direct objects to the infinitive eri zãna, to the factitive verb za-^(ti) ‘to give a share, dedicate’. However, no concrete semantics have been offered; cf. Eichner 2005a:25, Melchert (DLL:30), Neumann 2007a:157. Shevoroshkin 2000a:208 (and Shevoroshkin 2002a:220) suggests that it is a synonym of Lyc. mara- ‘law’, which is not compelling. The closest cognate would be Hitt. ewa- n. (and ewa(n)-) ‘grain’, derived from Proto-Indo-European *i̯Eu̯h₁-o- ‘grain’ (NIL:407). However, since the initial cluster *i̯e- is expected to lose its glide in Luwian and Lycian (just as in Hittite; see Melchert 1994a:75), one would have to assume a different ablaut grade for the Pre-Lycian form; but cf. Lyc. B ewẽne. Since a noun meaning ‘grain’ cannot be contextually proven yet, no semantic assignment will be provided here.

[D.S.]

No reconstruction possible.

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