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{{word
|status=probable
|type_word=nominal
|stem_class=o
|number=sg.
|case=nom., acc.
|gender=masc., neut.
|language=Celtic
|analysis_morphemic={{m|nant-|nant}}{{m|-om (n.)}} or {{m|gnāt-|gnāt}}{{m|-om}}
|analysis_phonemic=/{{p|n}}{{p|a}}{{p|t}}{{p|o}}{{p|m}}/
|meaning=unknown
|checklevel=5
|problem=Matasovic 2009 natu- poem
}}
==Commentary==
See the inscription page on the reading.

Two analyses have been proposed for the form.<br>
1. {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1978}}: 145 (also {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1981|1981}}: 163 f.) suggests that it is {{m||gnāt-|gnāto-}} 'born' with simplified initial cluster as in {{bib|RIG}} L-112, L-121 ''nata uimpi'' and in Enderlicher's glossary ''nate'' gl. ''fili'' (see '''{{bib|Lambert 1994}}: 203, no. 12'''). As observed by herself, the Gallo-Latin spindle whorl inscriptions are late (2<sup>nd</sup> c. AD?) and heavily influenced by Latin; whether ''nātā'' 'girl' may be Latinised (or simply Latin) is discussed by Lambert in {{bib|RIG}}: 334. Linguistically Latin influence is of course also possible in the Cisalpine Celtic inscription, also considering the first part of the phrase {{w||uinom}}, but cf. {{w||ateknati}} with intact cluster in a later inscription. Tibiletti Bruno's interpretation of the form as a noun 'son' (with her reading plural 'sons') is problematic, as the noun would be expected to stand before the adjective.<br>
2. {{bib|Morandi 2004}}: 551 hypothesises that, if {{w||uinom}} is 'fair' as per Tibiletti Bruno, ''natom'' may refer to the vessel, but this solution faces the same problem as Tibiletti's 'son'. As implied by Morandi's notation "''na''(''n'')''tom''", the underlying form may be (*)''nantom'' with the nasal not spelled before the voiceless stop. In that case, a connection with {{m||nant-|nanto-}} 'valley' may be considered.<br> 
Cf. {{bib|DLG}}: 181, {{bib|GPN}}: 207, {{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 222.
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