𐌁𐌖𐌚

Umbrian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“ox”). Akin to Latin bōs.

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Noun

𐌁𐌖𐌚 • (buf) m (early Iguvine) (accusative singular)

1. ox
   • early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 2–3:

     ² [...] 𐌐𐌓𐌄𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔⁚​𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌄𐌔⁚​ ³ 𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌄⁚​𐌊𐌓𐌀𐌐𐌖𐌅𐌉⁚​𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌁𐌖𐌚⁚​𐌚𐌄𐌕𐌖⁚​ [...]

     preveres treplanes / iuve krapuvi tre buf fetu

     In front of the Trebulan gate sacrifice three oxen to Jupiter Grabovius.

Declension

Irregular:

• (accusative singular) e.Ig. 𐌁𐌖𐌌 (bum)
• (ablative singular) l.Ig. bue
• (genitive plural) l.Ig. buo
• (accusative plural) e.Ig. 𐌁𐌖𐌚 (buf); l.Ig. buf

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “bōs, bovis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 74–75
• Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 131
• Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “bue”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 8