riop
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| Attestation: | CO·69 (unknown), TI·15 (k riop) (2) | ||
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| Status: | probable | ||
| Language: | prob. Celtic | ||
| Word Type: | prob. proper noun | ||
| Semantic Field: | prob. personal name |
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| Grammatical Categories: | indeterminable | ||
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| Morphemic Analysis: | rii̯-o-? or rīg-o-? (?) | ||
| Phonemic Analysis: | /rii̯op/ or /rii̯ob/ (?) | ||
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) | ||
Commentary
See the inscription pages on the reading.
The form is most likely an abbreviated personal name, conceivably a compound with first element rio-. The latter is identified with rīgo- by Rhŷs 1913: 30 (no. 10), who compares Ir. rígbard/rígbardan, but see the morpheme page on the possibility of an alternative etymology rii̯o- 'free' (without comparanda for the full compound with initial labial in the second element). Cf. rio.
