ta

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Word
Language: Raetic
Word type: pronoun


Phonemic analysis: ta
Meaning: unknown

Attestation: WE-4 (?]niχesitaeluku[(?)θ̣e) (1)

Commentary

This has been interpreted as a demonstrative pronoun comparable to Etruscan pronouns in eta, -ta (Tecchiati et al. 2011: 51). This identification is plausible but, since the form is a hapax, cannot (yet) be proved.

Bibliography

De Simone 2013 Carlo de Simone, "Analisi linguistica", in: Carlo de Simone, Simona Marchesini (Eds), La lamina di Demlfeld [= Mediterranea. Quaderni annuali dell'Istituto di Studi sulle Civiltà italiche e del Mediterraneo antico del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Supplemento 8], Pisa – Roma: 2013, 55–71.