)oni

From Lexicon Leponticum

Attestation:	TI·32 (]??ṇoṿị : p̣la[), TI·43 (]ọni : kuimitrui : pạḷạ), TI·44 (]ọni : klanalui : p̣ala) (3)
Language:	Lepontic
Word Type:	prob. proper noun
Semantic Field:	prob. personal name
Grammatical Categories:
Case:	dat.
Number:	sg.
Gender:	masc.
Stem Class:	on
Morphemic Analysis:	]-oni
Phonemic Analysis:	]oni
Meaning:	"for ..."

Commentary

The ending of the dative singular of an n-stem (Motta 2000: 203). The ending -oni is originally that of the locative, but it is used syncretistically for the dative here and has replaced the older ending -onei, cf. also TI·27 (kuaśoni : pala : terialui), TI·36.3 (]ni : ṃetạlui [).

Bibliography

Motta 2000	Filippo Motta, "La documentazione epigrafica e linguistica", in: Raffaele Carlo De Marinis, Simonetta Biaggio Simona (Eds.), I Leponti tra mito e realtà, Locarno: Gruppo Archeologia Ticino 2000, 181–222.