ππ πππ
Umbrian
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *juwenkΔ. It's believed of the simplification from /ju/ to /i/ to be regular before /w/, but there are no other examples. Cognate with Latin iuvenca.
Noun
ππ πππ β’ (iveka) f
- heifer (young female cow)
Inflection
- ππ πππ (iveka) β (accusative singular), I.b.40
- iuengar β (nominative plural), VII.b.2
- ππ πππ (iveka), iuenga β (accusative plural), I.b.42, VII.a.51
References
- Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) βiuengaβ, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 26
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) βiuvencusβ, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN, page 317