kat
From Lexicon Leponticum
| Attestation: | BG·11 (kat), NM·12 (kat), VA·29 (kat), VR·4.1 (kat) (4) |
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| Language: | unknown |
| Word Type: | prob. proper noun |
| Semantic Field: | prob. personal name |
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| Number: | indeterminable |
| Gender: | unknown |
| Stem Class: | ? |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | unknown |
| Phonemic Analysis: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown abbreviation, perhaps of a name "Kat..."? |
Commentary
The attested form could be an abbreviation of a name such as the attested katua (BG·15). In the case of the coin legend NM·12 it's very likely the abbreviation of a personal name. There can only be made suppositions about the long form of it. (See Lejeune 1971: 129)
Bibliography
| Lejeune 1971 | Michel Lejeune, Lepontica, Paris: Société d'Édition "Les Belles Lettres" 1971. (reprint of the article "Documents gaulois et para-gaulois de Cisalpine", Études Celtiques 12/2, 1970-1, pp. 357-500) |
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