mei
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| Attestation: | CO·14 (mẹi/ṿạ) (1) |
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| Status: | uncertain |
| Language: | unknown |
| Word Type: | undeterminable |
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| Grammatical Categories: | indeterminable |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | unknown |
| Phonemic Analysis: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown |
Commentary
See the inscription page on the uncertain reading.
The form is too short for analysis; possibly an abbreviation. The sequence mei- does not appear in any other inscription; the diphthong /ei̯/ was monophthongised to /ē/ at an uncertain date in Celtic (see meiva).