πŒ‚πŒ„πŒ‹πŒ€

Faliscan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *αΈ±elnehβ‚‚. Cognate with Latin cella.

Noun

πŒ‚πŒ„πŒ‹πŒ€ β€’ (cela) f (nominative singular)

  1. burial chamber, tomb
    • 2009, GabriΓ«l Bakkum, The Latin dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 years of scholarshipβ€Ž[1] (in English), Vossiuspers UvA, page 418:
      uoltiteti cau<i>o:paui/ceo: αΈ·[oc]α»‹es:cela

Usage notes

  • Argued by Bakkum to refer to the loculus of the tomb rather than the tomb itself; Bakkum notes that the Latin cognate cella was never used to refer to tombs.
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