mako(

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Attestation: TI·37 (ṣụnaḷei:makọ[) (1)
Language: prob. Celtic
Word Type: proper noun
Semantic Field: prob. patronymic

Grammatical Categories: dat. sg. animate
Stem Class: o

Morphemic Analysis: mag-on- (?)
Phonemic Analysis: /mago/° (?)
Meaning: 'for the son/daughter of Mako°" (?)

Commentary

Though incomplete, the name can be assumed to be a patronym in -al- makonalui or makonalai from a personal name on-stem makū or derived o-stem makonos. The best comparanda are names in magu- 'youth', cf. e.g. CIL XIII 5803 magunia (Langes), ?? magunus (Brescia), variant with /k(k)/ V 6931 maconus. Cf. Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 139, Motta 2000: 200.

Bibliography

CIL Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements)