lutou
From Lexicon Leponticum
| Attestation: | VB·3.3 (lutou : iiii) (1) |
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| Language: | Lepontic |
| Word Type: | proper noun |
| Semantic Field: | personal name |
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| Case: | nom. |
| Number: | sg. |
| Stem Class: | on |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | lut-ū Attention, needs to be checked! |
| Phonemic Analysis: | lutū |
| Meaning: | "Lutu" |
Commentary
The sequence -ou is perhaps a spelling for the Celt. ending -ū of the nom. sg. of the on-stems. Either, this originally monophthongic ending developed really into the diphthong /-ou̯/, or the spelling is an orthographic compromise between the vernacular ending -ū and the Latinised ending -ō. Cp. the legend coppou beside coppo on Noric coins. See also lutu, lutuu.
