𐌅𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌅𐌀

Umbrian

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

𐌅𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌅𐌀 • (vatuva) n pl (early Iguvine) (accusative)

1. 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.

Declension

• (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, Baltimore: American Philological Association, 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