)oni

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Attestation: TI·32 (]??ṇoṿị:p̣la[), TI·43 (]ọni:kuimitrui:pạḷạ), TI·44 (]ọni:klanalui:p̣ala) (3)
Language: Lepontic
Word Type: prob. proper noun
Semantic Field: prob. personal name

Grammatical Categories: dat. sg. masc.
Stem Class: on

Morphemic Analysis: ]-oni
Phonemic Analysis: ]oni
Meaning: "for ..."

Commentary

The ending of the dative singular of an n-stem (Motta 2000: 203). The ending -oni is originally that of the locative, but it is used syncretistically for the dative here and has replaced the older ending -onei, cf. also TI·27 (kuaśoni : pala : terialui), TI·36.3 (]ni : ṃetạlui [).

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