postnaiaf

Umbrian

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Etymology

The root can also be found in post (“behind, after”), from Proto-Italic *posti. The /n/ is also present in pernaiaf (“in front, foremost”), as is the suffix *-aijos. Only attested in the feminine plural.

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Adjective

postnaiaf f pl

in the back, rear
Antonym: pernaiaf
- 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 and those behind.

Attested forms

Inflection of postnaiaf^? f pl
accusative	e.Ig. 𐌐𐌖𐌔𐌕𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌀𐌚 (pustnaiaf)
ablative	e.Ig. 𐌐𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌄𐌔 (pusnaes)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “post”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 483–484
Buck, Carl Darling (1904), “pustnaiaf”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 343
Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), “pustnaiaf”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 43

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