Lemavi
Latin
Etymology
From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from Proto-Celtic *lēmo- (“elm”) + *-awo-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“elm”),[1] meaning the "Elm People" or similar.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈle.ma.u̯iː/, [ˈɫ̪ɛmäu̯iː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.ma.vi/, [ˈlɛːmävi]
Proper noun
Lemavī m pl (genitive Lemavōrum); second declension
- A Celtic tribe of Gallaecia whose chief town was Dactonium
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Lemavī |
| Genitive | Lemavōrum |
| Dative | Lemavīs |
| Accusative | Lemavōs |
| Ablative | Lemavīs |
| Vocative | Lemavī |
Related terms
- Lemovices
Descendants
- Galician: Lemos
References
- Lemavi in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.
- Cf. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 237.