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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Delamarre compares Sanskrit तुञ्जन्ति (tuñjanti, “they strike”, 3pl. pres.) and Ancient Greek τύκος (túkos, “hammer”);[1]
the Sanskrit can be plausibly related, but the Greek cannot be (the Celtic has a -g-, not the -k- in Greek).
Noun
*tougā f
- axe, hatchet
- Synonym: *beyatlis
Inflection
| 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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*tougā
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*tougai
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*tougās
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| vocative
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*tougā
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*tougai
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*tougās
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| accusative
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*tougam
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*tougai
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*tougāns
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| genitive
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*tougās
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*tougous
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*tougom
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| dative
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*tougāi
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*tougābom
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*tougābos
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| locative
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*tougai
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*?
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*tougābim
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*tougābis
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Descendants
References
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) 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 299
