Re: [tied] Re: etruscan, Lydian and Greek inscriptions

From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
Message: 5395
Date: 2001-01-10

On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 08:55:35 , "Glen Gordon"
<glengordon01@...> wrote:

>At any rate, for those that are more serious about Etruscan, I finally found
>the reference that mentions the "archaic Etruscan genitive" in -n that
>Miguel was fighting against.

I wasn't fighting against it, I'd simply never heard of it.

>"Etruscan Language - An Introduction" by Giuliano & Larissa Bonfante.
>Examples include lautn "family" (gen. lautun) and puia "wife" (gen. puian).

I think Piotr's suggestion that these are denominal possessive
adjectives is correct.


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