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Primitive Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *koi, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoy, locative singular of the deictic pronoun *ḱey.
Adverb
ᚕᚑᚔ (koi)
- here (with a verb like “lies” or “is buried” implied)
- BLTAG/2/1 at the Celtic Inscribed Stones Project
᚛ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ ᚔᚐᚏᚔ ᚕᚑᚔ ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ ᚋᚒᚉᚉᚑᚔ ᚇᚑᚃᚃᚔᚅᚔᚐᚄ᚜- maqqi iari koi maqqi muccoi dovvinias
- The son of Iar here, son of the tribe of Dovinias
- BLTAG/9/1
᚛ᚅᚓᚈᚈᚐᚂᚐᚋᚔᚅᚐᚉᚉᚐ ᚕᚑᚔ ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ ᚋᚒᚉᚑᚔ ᚇᚑᚃ[···- nettalaminacca koi maqqi mucoi dov[...
- Netta-Laminacca here, son of the tribe of Dov
Usage notes
This is a formula word, uniquely spelled with the supplementary character ᚕ (k). It seems to be equivalent to the Latin formula hic iacet (“here lies”).
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