lutou
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Attestation: | VB·3.3 (lutou:iii) (1) |
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Language: | Lepontic |
Word Type: | proper noun |
Semantic Field: | personal name |
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Grammatical Categories: | nom. sg. |
Stem Class: | on |
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Morphemic Analysis: | lut-ū Attention, needs to be checked! |
Phonemic Analysis: | lutū |
Meaning: | "Lutu" |
Commentary
The sequence -ou is perhaps a spelling for the Celt. ending -ū of the nom. sg. of the on-stems. Either, this originally monophthongic ending developed really into the diphthong /-ou̯/, or the spelling is an orthographic compromise between the vernacular ending -ū and the Latinised ending -ō. Cp. the legend coppou beside coppo on Noric coins. See also lutu.