erbam

Lusitanian

Etymology

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Adjective

erbam f (accusative, plural)

1. grown
   • (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.

     (literally, “sheep grown
     [for] Harase sheep-s ten [for] Broineia H
     sheep-s ten [for] Reva Aharácuo”)

References

• 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)