atecua
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| Attestation: | VB·18 (atecua) (1) |
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| Language: | Celtic |
| adapted to: | Latin |
| 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: | ate- or ad-tek-u-ā |
| Phonemic Analysis: | /ateku(u̯)ā/ |
| Meaning: | 'Atekua' |
Commentary
ā-stem personal name in the nominative; the ending is homophonous in Celtic and Latin, but is probably Latin -ā in this late and alphabetically Latin attestation.
The name is also attested in the Lepontic alphabet atekua; see there for a discussion of the analysis.
