וֵידוּוַה

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Judeo-Italian

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Etymology

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Derived from Classical Latin vidua, from Proto-Italic *wiðowā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂, derivative of the root *h₁weydʰh₁- (to separate, divide).

Noun

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וֵידוּוַה (weduwah /veduva/) f

  1. widow
    • 16th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎[1] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 7, verse 6, leaf 1, lines 14–16:
      פֵילֵיגְרִינוֹ אֵי אוֹרְפֵֿינוֹ אֵי וֵידוּוַה נוּן פְֿרוּדִיטִי אֵי סַאנְגוּוַה מוּנַה נוּן רֵיוֵירְצִיטִי אִין לוּקוֹ קוּוֵיסְטוֹ אֵי דֵירִיטוֹ דֵיאִי אַלְטֵירִי נוּן יִיטִי פֵיר מַאלִי פֵיר ווּאִי׃ (Judeo-Roman)
      pelegərino ʔe ʔorəp̄eno ʔe weduwah nun p̄ərudiṭi ʔe savnəguwah munah nun reverəṣiṭi ʔin luqo quwesəṭo ʔe deriṭo deʔi ʔaləṭeri nun yiṭi per maʔli per wuʔi.
      /Pellegrino e orfeno e veduva nun fruditi, e sangua munna nun reverziti in luco questo, e derito dei alteri nun jiti per mali per vui./
      Do not deceive the traveler, the orphan, and the widow, and do not spill pure blood in this place, and do not go after other gods to your harm.