ovim

Umbrian

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trif ovif – three sheep

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *owis (“sheep, ewe”). Compare Latin ovis.

Noun

ovim f

1. sheep, ewe

References

• Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “oui”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 33
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ovis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437
• Buck, Carl Darling (1904) “oui”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 340