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is followed by pino or benu, the Etruscan equivalent of nuen, I did. 
The lineal descendant of benw, namely banu, has now subjunctive 
force, if I did. YN is eyoki. But it is hard to say what is its 
grammatical value. As ‘it concerns me” the form in Basque 
would be dagokit ; as “it concerns him” dagokio. The latter in 
Etruscan is YNI gokao, as has already appeared. 
Fabretti 936. A °TITIVS:-A-F-SCAE: CALIS 
A: TITI: A: FANIAL 
ra kuukuu ra agerkaurasa 
ara Koikoi ara ezkerka au eritza 
behold Koikoi, behold Agerka this esteems 
Titius is the name of a Roman gens, but it is hard to say what its 
meaning is. If borrowed from the Carthaginians, it and Titus 
would, like Dido, mean ‘ beloved ;’ and as such, Titius would fitly 
translate Koikoi, a superlative of repetition, ‘the greatly desired.” 
The name Agerka represents the Latin ScaeCalis, which itself needs 
translation. The present Basque word for left is ezker, supposed to 
come from esku-oker, esku being hand, and oker oblique, tortuous, 
awry. Agerka, however, is neither ezker nor oker. It is probable 
that the present ezker has been conformed to the Spanish esquerro. 
Still, the Lesghian forms kisil and kuzal, indicate that the original 
Basque word resembled the Spanish. It is unfortunate that no text 
contains the Etruscan word for hand, which I hardly expect to find 
as esku, the Basque term. The Lesghian hua, kak, ker, kwer, kulg, 
Circassian oyg, Mizjejian kuki, kwik, and Georgian ke, che, cheli, 
favour .w or ker. The Basque ahur, hollow of the hand, accords 
with ker, kuer, &c. It cannot at present, therefore, be decided that 
Agerka is, or is not, the Etruscan for “left-handed.” Such a name 
is not uncommon among the Khitan. The Abbé Cuog, Lexique 
de la langue iroquoise, p. 42, cites “Skanekwati, nom de femme, la 
gauchére, Shanekwati, nom d’homme, le gaucher.”"” 
110 Among the bilinguals may almost be reckoned a Latin and an Etruscan inscription on 
distinct ossuaria, which however were found in close proximity. 
Fabretti 714. L:* SCAEVIVS :-L-F° ARN°*:::: AEVNVS 
LO - SCEFA - MAYNAL 
asma nochineager norakukarasa 
The-construction is somewhat peculiar, yet I think the ager of nochineager corresponds to 
the ager of agerka au eritza in 936, especially as the Scaevius of the twin ossuarium answers to 
the Scae of the other inscription. The peculiar construction of 714 is due to the attempt of 
the engraver to present an apparent accord between the Latin and the Etruscan. He has 
