𐌀𐌅𐌄𐌔

Umbrian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *awis. Cognate with Latin avis. Only attested in the plural.

Noun

𐌀𐌅𐌄𐌔 • (aves) f pl (early Iguvine) (ablative)

1. birds
   • early 2^nd 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, those behind.

Declension

• (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