๐ŒŠ๐Œ–๐ŒŒ๐Œ‰๐Œ€๐Œš

Umbrian

Alternative forms

  • gomia

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Italic *gom-jos, itself ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gem-. Prรณsper suggests that the term may relate to Lusitanian comaiam.

Adjective

๐ŒŠ๐Œ–๐ŒŒ๐Œ‰๐Œ€๐Œš โ€ข (kumiaff (accusative plural) (early Iguvine)

  1. (of pigs) pregnant

Descendants

  • >? Latin: gumia

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, โ†’ISBN, page 275
  • Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association, page 308
  • Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 331
  • Blanca Marรญa Prรณsper (1999), โ€œThe inscription of Cabeรงo das Frรกguas revisited. Lusitanian and Alteuropรคisch populations in the West of the Iberian Peninsulaโ€, in Transactions of the Philological Societyโ€Ž[1], volume 97, number 2, โ†’DOI, โ†’ISSN, page 176