utiku
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| Language: | Raetic |
| Word type: | noun |
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| Case: | nominative |
| Number: | singular |
| Tense: | past |
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| Morphemic analysis: | uti-k-u |
| Meaning: | 'given' uel sim.? |
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| Attestation: | BZ-3 (taniun:laśanuale/utiku:terunies:sχaistala), BZ-4 (tevaśniχesiutikuθiuθisaχvilititerisnaθi), HU-7 (?ẹḳiesiuṭikutanin/metḷainile), IT-5 (?:/]θ̣[ ]θ̣?kaịa[ ?/utiku:θaukịṣ/kleimunθeis/avaśuerasi:ihi), NO-3 (φelturiesi:φelvinuale utiku), NO-15 (esumnesinuþnualeutikutianus), NO-17 (ketanuvaleutiku), PA-1 (eθsualeuθikukaial·/nakinaθarisakvil·), VR-3 (taniniutikuremieshiratasuvakhikvelisanes) (9) |
Commentary
Deverbal noun in -u derived from a preterite form in -k-, as also attested in Etruscan (e.g. aliqu 'gift'). utiku appears in four inscriptions on primary sacrificial objects (i.e. objects with no discernible everyday use, IT-5 plaque, NO-3 plaque, NO-15 rod, NO-17 bone point), and on four which are associated with ritual (HU-7 situla, VR-3 spit, PA-1 spatula, BZ-3 simpulum); a meaning pertaining to the sphere of ritual, offering or dedication ('given' uel sim.) is therefore likely (cf. eluku). See Rix 1998: 31–41, who (p. 38) tentatively suggests a connection with the preterite utince in the Liber Linteus (LL II D9), which can be argued to indicate an action in the context of a sacrifice. utin-ce is syncopated archaic Etr. *uti-ane-ke, a preterite from a de-nominal base *uti-ane, while the Raetic verbal noun would be derived from a preterite formed directly from the root.
