ππππππ
Umbrian
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *melΕ, from Proto-Indo-European *melhβ-.
Participle
ππππππ β’ (maletu) m (perfect passive participle accusative singular) (early Iguvine)
- crushed, ground
- Iguvine Tablets 2a.18-20:
- πππππ:πππππ:πππππ:ππππππππ:πππππ:ππππ:ππππ:ππππ:ππππππ:ππππππππππ:ππππππ:πππππ:ππππππ:ππππ:πππππ
- fertu:katlu:aruia:struhcla:fikla:pune:uinu:salu:maletu:mantrahklu:ueskla:snata:asnata:umen:fertu
- Translation by James Poultney
- he shall bring the dog, grain, a strusla cake, a ficla cake, mead, wine, ground salt, a maniple, wet and dry vessels, and unguent
- πππππ:πππππ:πππππ:ππππππππ:πππππ:ππππ:ππππ:ππππ:ππππππ:ππππππππππ:ππππππ:πππππ:ππππππ:ππππ:πππππ
Related terms
- πππππππ (kumaltu)
References
- Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguviumβ[1], Baltimore: American Philological Association
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN, pages 386-387