meiva
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Attestation: | none (0) |
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Status: | uncertain |
Language: | unknown |
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: | mei̯v-ā |
Phonemic Analysis: | /mei̯u̯ā/ (?) |
Meaning: | 'Meiva' |
Commentary
See the inscription page on the uncertain reading.
Interpreted as a feminine personal name by Morandi 1999: 180, who compares (n. 93) the toponym mevania (AcS II: 621, a variant of mona) and a meagre crop of names in mei- in AcS II: 530. No good comparanda in Celtic, where /ei̯/ > /ē/; if read correctly, maybe not etymologically Celtic.
Bibliography
AcS | Alfred Holder, Alt-celtischer Sprachschatz, Leipzig: Teubner 1896–1907. |
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