avif
Umbrian
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*avem
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *awis. Cognate with Latin avis. Only attested in the plural.
Noun
avif f pl (ablative aves)
- birds
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 1–2:
- 1 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌄:𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌊𐌋𐌖𐌌:𐌀𐌅𐌄𐌔:𐌀𐌍𐌆𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌔:𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌕𐌖: 2 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌄𐌔:𐌐𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌄𐌔: [...]
- este persklum aves anzeriates enetu pernaies pusnaes
- Commence this ceremony after having seen the birds, those in front and those behind.
- 1 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌄:𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌊𐌋𐌖𐌌:𐌀𐌅𐌄𐌔:𐌀𐌍𐌆𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌔:𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌕𐌖: 2 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌄𐌔:𐌐𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌄𐌔: [...]
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 1–2:
Declension
Inflection of avif? f pl | ||
|---|---|---|
accusative | e.Ig. 𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌚 (avif), 𐌀𐌅𐌄𐌚 (avef) l.Ig. auuei, aueif, auif | |
ablative | e.Ig. 𐌀𐌅𐌄𐌔 (aves), 𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌔 (avis) l.Ig. aueis | |
References
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904), “auif”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 330
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “avis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65
- Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), “aueif”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 8