mauila
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Attestation: | BG·41.7 (mauila:uitekioiṣ:̣ẹṭ[) (1) |
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Language: | Celtic |
Word Type: | proper noun |
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Grammatical Categories: | nom. sg. fem. |
Stem Class: | ā |
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Morphemic Analysis: | mau-il-ā |
Phonemic Analysis: | mau̯il(l)ā |
Meaning: | 'Mauila' |
Commentary
Probably a feminine ā-stem individual name derived with a diminutive suffix -il(l)- from the base *magus 'servant', 'slave' *magu-il(l)ā > *magu̯il(l)ā, with the Gaulish sound change *gu̯ > u̯.