viχu
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| Attestation: | VA·4.2 (viχu) (1) |
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| Status: | uncertain |
| Language: | Lepontic |
| Word Type: | proper noun |
| Semantic Field: | personal name |
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| Grammatical Categories: | nom. sg. masc. |
| Stem Class: | on |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | u̯ik-ū |
| Phonemic Analysis: | /u̯ikū/ |
| Meaning: | 'Viχu' |
Commentary
Reading uncertain, see the inscription page.
If correct, the sequence can be interpreted as a hypocoristic on-stem personal name u̯ikū from the base u̯ik- 'fight' (Morandi 2001: 10, 2004: 573 f. (no. 78), 2004b: 83, Morandi 2017: 369). Cf. viku.
David Stifter, Corinna Salomon
