𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌚𐌖𐌌

From Proto-Italic *manuðō.

𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌚𐌖𐌌 • (manafum) (first-person singular perfect active indicative)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. to send, hand over
      1. to entrust
         • Curse of Vibia 1:

           𐌊𐌄𐌓𐌉 𐌀𐌓𐌄𐌍𐌕 [𐌉𐌊𐌀𐌉 𐌌]𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌅𐌚𐌌

           keri arent [ikai m]anavfm

           • Translation by Francesca Murano

             To Keres Arentika I have entrusted

   2. to commission, order

According to the philologist Francesca Murano, the term covers the semantic domain of "sending, delivering." Murano translates the term as "entrust," which she argues is an extension of the semantic sense of "to send."

• Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 319
• Fortson IV, Benjamin W. (2017–2018), “Chapter VIII: Italic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The dialectology of Italic, page 844
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175
• Murano, Francesca (2012), “The Oscan Cursing Tablets: Binding Formulae, Cursing Typologies and Thematic Classification”, in The American Journal of Philology‎^[1], volume 133, number 4, The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 642-643
• Höfler, Stefan (1 January 2019), “I hereby present the use of the Latin first person perfect indicative as a performative”, in van Gils, L., Kroon, C. & Risselada, R., editors, Lemmata Linguistica Latina‎^[2], volume 2, De Gruyter, →DOI