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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/banonā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *benā (“woman”) + -onā (individualizing suffix).
Noun
*banonā f
- young woman
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *banonā | *banonai | *banonās |
| vocative | *banonā | *banonai | *banonās |
| accusative | *banonam | *banonai | *banonāms |
| genitive | *banonās | *banonous | *banonom |
| dative | *banonāi | *banonābom | *banonābos |
| locative | *banonai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *banonābim | *banonābis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *banon
- Welsh: banon
- Gaulish: Banona, Banonias
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*benā, *bena”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 61
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “banon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies