mefam

Umbrian

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mefa spefa – seasoned mefa

Etymology

Cognate with Latin mensa, ultimately uncertain. It is not clear which of the two senses was the original. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mefam f

1. equivalent to Latin mensa.
   1. a type of flatbread
   2. table

References

• Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “mefa”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 29
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mēnsa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372
• Buck, Carl Darling (1904) “mefa”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 338