Lemavi
Latin
Etymology
From Paleo-Hispanic, probably from Proto-Celtic *lēmo- (“elm”) + *-awo-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“elm”),[1] meaning the "Elm People" or similar.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫɛ.ma.wiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.ma.vi]
Proper noun
Lemavī m pl (genitive Lemavōrum); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Lemavī |
| genitive | Lemavōrum |
| dative | Lemavīs |
| accusative | Lemavōs |
| ablative | Lemavīs |
| vocative | Lemavī |
Related terms
Descendants
- Galician: Lemos
References
- Lemavi in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.
- ^ Cf. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 237.