𐌀𐌓𐌅𐌉𐌀

Umbrian

Etymology

A derivation in *-jā n pl from 𐌀𐌓𐌅𐌀- (arva-, “farm land”).

Noun

𐌀𐌓𐌅𐌉𐌀 • (arvia) n pl (early Iguvine) (accusative)

1. harvest, crop, grain, or (disputed) entrails (of a sacrifical animal)
   • early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 3:

     ³ [...] 𐌀𐌓𐌅𐌉𐌀𐌖𐌔𐌕𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌖⁚​

     arvia ustentu

     Show the crop

Attested forms

• (accusative) e.Ig. 𐌀𐌓𐌅𐌉𐌀 (arvia), 𐌀𐌓𐌅𐌉𐌖 (arviu), 𐌀𐌓𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌀 (aruvia); l.Ig. aruio

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “arvum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56
• Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “aruio”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 6