lutou
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| Attestation: | VB·3.3 (lutou:iii) (1) |
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| Language: | Celtic |
| 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 |
| Phonemic Analysis: | /lutū/ or /lūtū/ |
| Meaning: | 'Lutu' |
Commentary
The sequence is most likely an on-stem personal name in the nominative, possibly an abbreviation. The name lutū is attested twice more in the Verbano, see lutu and luto. ⟨ou⟩ appears to denote long /ū/ or a local allophone with a more open pronunciation, or diphthongisation of -/ū/ to -/ou̯/; an orthographic compromise between the vernacular ending -ū and the Latinised ending -ō may also be possible. Cf. inou on the same object as well as uerkou (uel sim.), anatikou and prikou.
See also Rhŷs 1913: 62 f., no. 20 (c), Morandi 2004: 552.
