viχu

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Attestation:	VA·4.2 (viχu) (1)
Status:	uncertain
Language:	Lepontic
Word Type:	proper noun
Semantic Field:	personal name
Grammatical Categories:	nom. sg. masc.
Stem Class:	on
Morphemic Analysis:	u̯ik-ū
Phonemic Analysis:	/u̯ikū/
Meaning:	'Viχu'

Commentary

Reading uncertain, see the inscription page.

If correct, the sequence can be interpreted as a hypocoristic on-stem personal name u̯ikū from the base u̯ik- 'fight' (Morandi 2001: 10, 2004: 573 f. (no. 78), 2004b: 83, Morandi 2017: 369). Cf. viku.

David Stifter, Corinna Salomon