pou

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Attestation:	BG·12 (uol), VB·5 (pou), VR·21 (pọχ̣) (3)
Language:	prob. Celtic
Word Type:	prob. proper noun
Semantic Field:	prob. personal name
Grammatical Categories:	nom. sg.
Stem Class:	on
Morphemic Analysis:	bou̯(-ū) or bou̯d- (?)
Phonemic Analysis:	/bou̯(ū)/ (?)
Meaning:	abbreviation (?)

Commentary

The short sequence is most probably an abbreviation of a personal name, though a hypocoristic on-stem is also possible. The base could e.g. be bou̯- 'cow' or, in the first case, also bou̯d- 'victory'. See also Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 146, Morandi 1999: 171 f., Morandi 2004: 554.

Corinna Salomon