"gāwā" meaning in Proto-Celtic

See gāwā in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Unknown. See Matasović (2009) and Zair (2011) for various ideas. Etymology templates: {{unk|cel-pro}} Unknown Head templates: {{head|cel-pro|noun|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} *gāwā f Inflection templates: {{cel-decl-noun-a-f|gāw}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], gāwā [nominative, singular], gāwai [dual, nominative], gāwās [nominative, plural], gāwā [singular, vocative], gāwai [dual, vocative], gāwās [plural, vocative], gāwam [accusative, singular], gāwai [accusative, dual], gāwāns [accusative, plural], gāwās [genitive, singular], gāwous [dual, genitive], gāwom [genitive, plural], gāwāi [dative, singular], gāwābom [dative, dual], gāwābos [dative, plural], gāwai [locative, singular], - [dual, locative], - [locative, plural], - [instrumental, singular], gāwābim [dual, instrumental], gāwābis [instrumental, plural]
  1. lie, falsehood Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-gāwā-cel-pro-noun-kyV~MqEu Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Celtic entries with incorrect language header
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      "form": "gāwāns",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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        "instrumental"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "gāwāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "gāwābom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
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      "source": "inflection",
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    },
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}

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