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when it means a memorial stone; the common Basque word, gogo, 
signifying thought, remembrance. Thus, Van Eys appropriately 
cites goyoan atchikazu hiltzea, literally, ‘in memory hold the dead.” 
So far as my knowledge of Basque goes, there are no modern forms 
noun formed out of the postposition gan, and answers in general signification to the Basque 
aginza, offering. Mr. VanderSmissen tells me that OANA occurs always at the beginning of a 
line in 200 out of 1800 sepulchral inscriptions in Fabretti. 
As to the derivation of marakara, Iam disposed to doubt its connection with any ancient 
word for stone. A careful comparison of the objects on which inscriptions bearing this formula 
appear will be necessary in order to fix any such derivation. The Basque marra, régle, limite, 
but also ligne, trait, if a truly Basque word, which Van Eys seems to doubt, would be a pre- 
ferable term from which to derive an ancient marrigarri, formed like mugarri, a limit, boun- 
dary, from muga. In such case marragarrt would mean ‘“‘indication, mark.” In the following, 
communicated to me with others mentioned in this note by Mr. VanderSmissen, marka, marga, 
is plainly nota stone, as it is followed by hart, stone. 
Fabretti 283. OANIA * CEMVNIA * FE(L)VA 
maraga harri zein Nopika aur egin babe ra 
indication stone which Nopika’s son makes father towards 
I read the doubtful Las /, which seems necessary to the construction. 
The following are instances of THANA: 
Fabretti 950. ARRIA * THANA 
Artata aur kuka rakara 
Basque. ,Artata aur egoki rakora 
Artata’s chila concerns the offering 
It is hard to say what part of the verb kuka, goka represents. For the 3 sing. pres. ind. one 
would expect YNI egokio, the equivalent of the Basque dagokio. 
Fabretti 1984. THANIA * TIN)NIM 
kukarakaura kuukaukauno 
Basque. egoki rako harri Goika uga huno 
pertains offering stone Goika mother this 
Probably hwno is a dative form answering to the present hwnt. 
Fabretti 1986. TH \N|IA - ACHONIA * CASCELI 
kukarakaura rachikamakaura chiranochinesau 
» Basque. egokirako harri eritsi Gamaga aur jar aintzi nitzayo 
concerns offering stone honoured Gamaga’s child attention paying I him am 
There can be little doubt that AC represents eritsi, esteem, honour. In many inscriptions 
AL occurs, which is eritza, now d-eritza, the 3rd sing. pres. ind. of the verb. The word CA, 
chira, sira, zera, the same form that denotes zeru, heaven, frequently occurs, and in such con- 
nections as to require the meaning of ‘‘ homage, regard.” I can find no uearer equivalent in 
modern Basque than jar, attention. SC, which I have read ‘‘ pay,” in connection with jar, is 
the Etruscan form of the verb aintzindu, to go before, to present. The auxiliary nitzayo 
possesses the meaning indicated. 
Fabretti 281. TAHNJA - ANAINIA 
COMLNIAI : FIA 
kurakakaura rakaraukaura 
simanosakaurau agura 
Basque. egoki rako harri Arka-Rauka aur 
Simanosaka oroi jayera 
concerns ofteriug stone Arka Rauka’s child 
Simanosaka’s memory inclining to 
I have regarded TAH as an engraver’s slip for THA. The last word jayera may be rendered 
simply as ‘‘ towards.” : 
