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Umbrian

mefa spefa – seasoned mefa

Etymology

Cognate with Latin mensa, ultimately uncertain. It is not clear which of the two senses was the original. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mefa f

equivalent to Latin mensa.
1. a type of flatbread
  - accusative singular:
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2. table

References

Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “mefa”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 29
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mēnsa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372
Buck, Carl Darling (1904) chapter 338, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "'"./mode/1up?view=theater page mefa