knawī in Proto-Celtic

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Etymology: Possibly connected to *knāyeti (“to bite, chew”), but Zair finds this connection difficult unless *knawī was formed before the root adopted its "bite" meaning. Head templates: {{head|cel-pro|noun|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} *knawī f Inflection templates: {{cel-decl-noun-iya-f|knaw}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], knawī [nominative, singular], knawī [dual, nominative], knawiyās [nominative, plural], knawī [singular, vocative], knawī [dual, vocative], knawiyās [plural, vocative], knawīm [accusative, singular], knawī [accusative, dual], knawīns [accusative, plural], knawyās [genitive, singular], knawyous [dual, genitive], knawyom [genitive, plural], knawyai [dative, singular], knawyābom [dative, dual], knawyābos [dative, plural], - [locative, singular], - [dual, locative], - [locative, plural], - [instrumental, singular], knawyābim [dual, instrumental], knawyābis [instrumental, plural]

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"knawī" meaning in Proto-Celtic

Noun