)peuesa
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| Attestation: | BG·2.1 (]p̣euesa) (1) |
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| Status: | probable |
| Language: | Cisalpine Gaulish |
| Word Type: | proper noun |
| Semantic Field: | personal name |
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| Grammatical Categories: | nom. sg. fem. |
| Stem Class: | ā |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | ambi-u̯es-ā (?) |
| Phonemic Analysis: | )beu̯esā (?) |
| Meaning: | ')peuesa' |
Commentary
See the inscription page on the reading of the first letter.
The name seems to be a compound. The second element is most probably u̯es-, the first element could be ambi- 'around' (with unexpected /i/ > /e/) – 'very worthy'? Cf. aśuesa from the same region around Bergamo, and also with a preposition as first element. The first vowel can hardly be inherited /e/, because this ought to have become /o/ before the following bilabial glide – cf. prepositions like ande- for /i/ > /e/ in the stem.
