)nialui
From Lexicon Leponticum
| Attestation: | TI·33 (]nialui:pala) (1) |
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| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Word Type: | proper noun |
| Semantic Field: | patronymic |
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| Grammatical Categories: | dat. sg. masc. |
| Stem Class: | o |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | °ni-al-ūi̯ |
| Phonemic Analysis: | °/ni̯alūi̯/ or °/nni̯alūi̯/ |
| Meaning: | 'for the son of °nios' |
Commentary
Remains of a patronym in -al- derived from a personal name in °ni̯os*. Rhŷs 1914: 4 speculatively emends to slanialui* based on slaniai; cf. also )aniui and uenia (PID: 553, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 138, Motta 2000: 202).
