duno

See also: Duňo

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduno/

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• Rhymes: -uno
• Hyphenation: du‧no

Noun

duno (accusative singular dunon, plural dunoj, accusative plural dunojn)

1. (geography) dune (pile of sand made by wind)

Ido

Noun

duno (plural duni)

1. (geography) dune, sandhill

Vestinian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dōnom, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom, from *deh₃-. Cognate to Latin dōnum.

Noun

duno

1. present, gift
   • c.3rd-century BCE, CIL 9, 394.

     t.vetio / duno / didet / herclo / iovio / brat / data

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Usage notes

• The initial "-u" resembles Oscan 𐌃𐌖𐌍𐌞𐌌 (dunúm)
• The term may display the loss of final -m, a feature found throughout Umbrian and Latin orthography
• The inscription this term was found in likely represents a dialect formed from a mix of Latin and Vestinian features

References

• Philip Baldi (14 December 2010), Chapter 4 The languages of ancient Italy‎, De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 140
• Adams, J. N. (2007), The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 74