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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷowH-éh₂, from *gʷewH- (“to defecate”).
Noun
*bowā f[1][2]
- dirt, filth
- excrement
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*bowā
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*bowai
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*bowās
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| vocative
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*bowā
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*bowai
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*bowās
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| accusative
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*bowam
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*bowai
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*bowāms
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| genitive
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*bowās
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*bowous
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*bowom
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| dative
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*bowāi
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*bowābom
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*bowābos
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| locative
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*bowai
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*?
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*bowābim
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*bowābis
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Descendants
- Welsh: baw
- Gaulish: *bawā
- Hispano-Celtic:
References
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “baua”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 69
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*bawā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 226
