%0 Journal Article %T A note on the Lycian tabahaza %A Nowakowski, Marcel %J Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis %V 2023 %R 10.4467/20834624SL.23.010.18271 %N Volume 140, Issue 3 %P 209-213 %K reconstruction, vowel assimilation, Anatolian, etymology, semantics %@ 1897-1059 %D 2023 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-linguistica-uic/artykul/a-note-on-the-lycian-tabahaza %X In this short text, I examine the usage of the Lycian word tabahaza, highlight its possible Anatolian cognates, such as the Hittite nēpiš- ‘heaven’ and the Cuneiform Luwian tappaš- ‘id.’, analyze and address the problems arising from this connection, while also reconstructing the intermediate phases between Proto-Indo-European, as well as other proto- and attested languages, in relation to the development of the form in question.