tupelezi(je)-
‘scribe (?)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 994
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
tupelezi(je)-
‘scribe (?)’1.1.1Transmission
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.).
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1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. pl. | tupelezije | TL 44b.63 (Xanthos) |
| TL 44b.64 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Meaning
It is assumed in the literature that tupelezije represents some kind of functionary (Meriggi 1978c:253, Neumann 2007a:390, Gehrisch 2018a:70, 76). The derivational chain -ezi(je)- can be compared to the one of prñnezi(je)- c. ‘household member’, which represents the substantivization of an adjective in -i(je)-. tupelezije is modified once by the adjective xñtawatije ‘pertaining to the king’. Therefore, considering the root tup- (cf. tupa-, tupelija-), it might indeed represent royal scribes, but contextual confirmation awaits.
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1.1.4Stem
There are different ways to interpret the derivational chain of tupelezi(je)-: tupala- + -eze/i- + -i(je)- or tupele/i- + -aza- + -i(je)-. Further evidence is needed.
[D.S.]
For the lemma head see Lyc. tupe/i-.