oilam

Lusitanian
FWOTD – 13 November 2012

Etymology

Probably from Latin ovicula, oviculam (“little sheep”) [1], diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂owi-lā[2], compare Sanskrit अविला (avilā).

Noun

oilam f (accusative, plural oila)

  1. sheep[3]
    • (discovered in 2008), Ribeira da Venda inscription, lines: 1–2
      OILAM · ERBAM / HARASE · OILA · X · BROENEIAE · H / OILA · X · REVE · AHARACVI
      A grown sheep for Harase. Ten sheep for Broineia H.. Ten sheep for Reva Aharácuo.[4]

References
  1. Carneiro et al., p. 168
  2. Prósper and Villar p. 6, citing Llorente
  3. Prósper and Villar, p. 5
  4. Carneiro et al., p. 174
  • André Carneiro, José d’Encarnação, Jorge de Oliveira, Cláudia Teixeira, “Uma Inscrição Votiva em Língua Lusitana”, Palaeohispanica; 8 (2008)
  • Antonio Tovar Llorente, “L’inscription du Cabeço das Fráguas et la langue des lusitaniens”, ÉC; 11; pages 237-268 (1967)
  • Blanca M. Prósper, Francisco Villar, “Nueva Inscripción Lusitana Procedente de Portalegre”, Revista de Lingüística y Filología Clásica; 77 1 (2009)
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