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Headword: *na/ba
Adler number: nu,2
Translated headword: nava, boat
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Among Romans [sc. this is the name for] the ferry-boat.[1] In many [instances] the Roman word appears to differ little from the Greek: for naus and naba [are] similar.
Greek Original:
*na/ba: para\ *(rwmai/ois to\ porqmei=on. fai/netai de\ e)n polloi=s mh\ diestw=sa th=s *(ella/dos fwnh=s h( *(rwmai+kh/: nau=s ga\r kai\ na/ba e)ggu/s.
Notes:
In fact, Latin navis and Greek nau=s derive from the same Indo-European root.
Entry not paralleled in other lexica.
[1] pi 2070.
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; science and technology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 6 July 2001@17:31:59.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 7 July 2001@05:26:37.
David Whitehead (augmented notes; tweaks) on 8 July 2009@07:53:02.
David Whitehead (more keywords; raised status) on 16 June 2011@10:26:46.
David Whitehead on 30 May 2013@06:11:09.
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