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Word
Language: Raetic
Word type: verb

Tense: past

Morphemic analysis: li-χe
Meaning: unknown

Attestation: SZ-22.1 (perkusiale/like iiuịị) (1)

Commentary

The form can most probably be segmented into a verbal stem with the preterite ending -ke. More problematic is the identification of the verbal base. A stem li- is not so far attested elsewhere in the Raetic corpus. Should the form be ilike (see SZ-22.1), the stem would resemble that of the deverbal noun eluku (corresponding to Etruscan ilucu with anlauting i !). Another possible match is Etruscan alice 'presented'.