πŒ‰πŒ…πŒ„πŒŠπŒ€

Umbrian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *juwenkā. It's believed that the simplification from /ju/ to /i/ is regular before /w/, but there are no other examples. Cognate with Latin iuvenca.

Noun

πŒ‰πŒ…πŒ„πŒŠπŒ€ β€’ (iveka) f

  1. heifer (young female cow)

Inflection

  • πŒ‰πŒ…πŒ„πŒŠπŒ€ (iveka) ((accusative singular)), I.b.40
  • iuengar ((nominative plural)), VII.b.2
  • πŒ‰πŒ…πŒ„πŒŠπŒ€ (iveka), iuenga ((accusative plural)), I.b.42, VII.a.51

References

  • Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), β€œiuenga”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 26
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), β€œiuvencus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 317
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