𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌀

Faliscan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱelneh₂. Cognate with Latin cella.

Noun

𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌀 • (cela) f (nominative singular)

1. burial chamber, tomb
   • 2009, Gabriël Bakkum, The Latin dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 years of scholarship‎^[1] (in English), Vossiuspers UvA, page 418:

     uoltiteti cau<i>o:paui/ceo: ḷ[oc]ịes:cela

Usage notes

• Argued by Bakkum to refer to the loculus of the tomb rather than the tomb itself; Bakkum notes that the Latin cognate cella was never used to refer to tombs.