vatua

Umbrian

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Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a form *tlā-two-, from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- in the sense “to offer”, as found in Venetic [script needed] (tolar, “offers”) and the same suffix of Latin statua (“statue”) and Oscan eituam (“money”).

Noun

vatua n pl

offerings, likely animals; (possibly) ribs, exta
- early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 4:
  ⁴ 𐌅𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌅𐌀𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌍𐌄:𐌚𐌄𐌉𐌕𐌖: [...]
  vatuva ferine feitu
  
  Sacrifice the ribs on a tray.

Attested forms

Inflection of vatua^? n pl
accusative	e.Ig. 𐌅𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌅𐌀 (vatuva), 𐌅𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌅𐌖 (vatuvu) l.Ig. uatuo, uatue

References

Buck, Carl Darling (1904), “uatuo”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 351
Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, page 330
Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), “uatuo”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 56

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