tuni
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| Attestation: | VB·3.4 (tu??) (1) | ||
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| Status: | uncertain | ||
| Language: | Celtic | ||
| Word Type: | proper noun | ||
| Semantic Field: | personal name |
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| Grammatical Categories: | unclear | ||
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| Morphemic Analysis: | dunn- (?) | ||
| Phonemic Analysis: | /dun(n)/° (?) | ||
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) | ||
Commentary
See the inscription page on the uncertain reading.
If correct, tuni may be an onomastic element formed from the base dunn- 'brown', possibly an abbreviation; a genitive is unlikely in the context of attestation. Cf. tunal.
See also Rhŷs 1913: 62, no. 20 (b), Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 145 f., Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 164, Lejeune 1987: 497, n. 19, Morandi 2004: 552.
Bibliography
| CIL | Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements) |
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| Delamarre 2007 | Xavier Delamarre, Noms de personnes celtiques dans l'épigraphie classique. Nomina Celtica Antiqua Selecta Inscriptionum, Paris: Errance 2007. |
