ETRUPIA CAPTA. 187 
The following inscription exhibits the use of basa for and : 
258. AVALINA bapi basa uga ra babe baita uga ra 
ALANCV basa raka chipi fetchoraka chipi- 
NCIPE kachi utune -kache oaten 
Translation—father and mother for dear little one to regard 
Freely— For father and mother to consider the dear little one 
The first line needs no explanation. The first word of the second 
is one of the few Basque expressions beginning with f. It is a 
derivative from fetcho, “ gentil,” a most appropriate term for a child. 
I have joined chipi with kache, because in another inscription I find 
azpi-kache, from azpiko, slave or servant. In che we have probably 
the word already translated méme, but which also affirms or exag- 
gerates the signification of the word to which it is attached. For 
the meaning of the last word oaten, I am indebted to the Manx 
runic inscriptions, heretofore read as Norse. These furnish a verb 
oyaman or oa-eman, the latter part of which is eman, to give. In 
Fabretti, 1491. AVLEFELIMNAMOESDISA 
arpisane aginsaumikaranomanelatuurora 
YADLIS - CLAN 
kuratugouno chisaraka 
erpetzen Eginezaumika rano eman lotu au andre 
behold Eginezaumika towards gives spouse his wife 
Kuratu go ona zazu rako 
Knratu of goodness have ye sympathy 
The dative postposition is perhaps omitted after Jotu because it has appeared after the name 
The first word may be erpe or arbe zwen, ye who hold or behold. 
Fabretti, 1492. LADOFELIMNAMAVLEM 
saratumaaginsaumikaranorapisaneno 
zarratu mai Eginezaumika rano erpetzen no 
engraved tablet Eginezaumika towards holding of 
I suppose erpetzen, taking the place of artu, means holding in memory, and that “‘of” is here 
equivalent to the English “ for.” 
Fabretti 1493 is identical with 1492, with one exception : 
FELFELIMNAM AVLEM 
agiuza Eginezaumika rano erpetzen no 
an offering Eginezaumika towards holding of 
Fabretti, 1494, shows a similar slight variation : 
ADNOFELIMNA AVLEM 
artu gomu Eginezaumika ra erpetzen no 
memorial Eginezaumika to holding of 
Fabretti, 1495. FELIAFELIMNEIADNOIAL 
aginzaura aginsaumikaneu artukamourasa 
aginza harri Eginezaumika kanio artu gomu au eritza 
offering stune Eginezauimika belongs to hold memory his beloved 
This is a woman’s monument, probably of the wife of Eginezaumika, She is simply repre- 
sented by eritza, the esteemed or beloved. I observe here, as I have done elsewhere, the habit 
