Do ‘Ergatives’ Exist in Lycian?
The Lycian word for ‘oath’, (tese/i-), being genus commune, should therefore not require an ‘ergative’ suffix of the kind attested in Hittite and Luwian, when a neuter is functioning as the subject of a sentence. On the contrary, the ‘collective’ (i.e. neuter) plural t[asa]: miñtaha (TL 75), ‘oaths...
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| description | The Lycian word
for ‘oath’, (tese/i-), being genus
commune, should therefore not require an ‘ergative’ suffix of the kind attested
in Hittite and Luwian, when a neuter is functioning as the subject of a
sentence. On the contrary, the ‘collective’ (i.e. neuter) plural t[asa]:
miñtaha (TL 75), ‘oaths of the
Mindis’, is once attested as a punishing agency, as is marazija miñtaha (TL 118,
135 and 139), also neuter plural. The word tesẽti
(TL 149) or teseti (TL 135), also a
punishing agency, should signify ‘oath gods’, not ‘oaths’ personified,
comparable with esbẽte, probably
‘horsemen’ (dative), and the theonym So(u)mendis.
Trm͂milijẽti is also not an ‘ergative’, but probably a
compound, ‘place of the Termilians’, in TL 44d, 57, used also as a place-name
Trimilin[d]/a/. From this would have been derived an adjective, attested in TL
149, and probably TL 71, too. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c56ab761ca354f89bd39ee04e5a9492b2023-02-15T16:15:52ZdeuAkdeniz UniversityGephyra1309-39242651-50592018-05-01151910.37095/gephyra.420719324Do ‘Ergatives’ Exist in Lycian?Diether SchürrThe Lycian word for ‘oath’, (tese/i-), being genus commune, should therefore not require an ‘ergative’ suffix of the kind attested in Hittite and Luwian, when a neuter is functioning as the subject of a sentence. On the contrary, the ‘collective’ (i.e. neuter) plural t[asa]: miñtaha (TL 75), ‘oaths of the Mindis’, is once attested as a punishing agency, as is marazija miñtaha (TL 118, 135 and 139), also neuter plural. The word tesẽti (TL 149) or teseti (TL 135), also a punishing agency, should signify ‘oath gods’, not ‘oaths’ personified, comparable with esbẽte, probably ‘horsemen’ (dative), and the theonym So(u)mendis. Trm͂milijẽti is also not an ‘ergative’, but probably a compound, ‘place of the Termilians’, in TL 44d, 57, used also as a place-name Trimilin[d]/a/. From this would have been derived an adjective, attested in TL 149, and probably TL 71, too.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/gephyra/issue/31130/420719?publisher=nalan-eda-akyurek-sahinlycianhittiteluwianergativlikçehititçeluvice |
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