)peuesa
From Lexicon Leponticum
| Attestation: | BG·2.1 (]p̣euesa) (1) |
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| Language: | Cisalpine Gaulish |
| Word Type: | noun |
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| Case: | nom. |
| Number: | sg. |
| Gender: | fem. |
| Stem Class: | ā |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | ?-u̯es-ā, perhaps ambi-u̯es-ā |
| Phonemic Analysis: | )peu̯esā, perhaps )biu̯esā |
| Meaning: | fragment of a name "(...)peuesa" |
Commentary
The name seems to be a compound. The first element could be *ambi "around" (with unexpected i > e). For the second element, and for the use of a preposition with it, cp. BG·23 aśuesa from the same region around Bergamo. The first vowel can hardly be an inherited *e because this ought to have become *o before the following bilabial glide.
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