ETRURIA CAPTA. 2aD 
21. AVPABELVYESNEDAMNECEI 
rapitura uinesapikunenokaneturanokanechineu 
arrapatura Alin azpi gune noku ne Turano kian eznai 
accept to Dominion under us to fails who Tyrrhenia he did despise 
22. YESNMYEIMDAMNEMJIMOM A 338 
kunenokanokuneunoturanokanenogoumimonoba 
gune noku naga ne on Turano ganaino goye imi ema no ba- 
us to fails hates who good Tyrrhenia towards word place giving of 
23. ELOVYAMCVNAASVNAMENA 39 
nesamabekuranochipikararalapikaraminekara 
-nais ambe gure aintzi pikor Ralapika ra min ekarri 
I am very desirous to inform contributions Ralapika to grief bringing 
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ulneka karabanetu chiuchikasaulartunepikupinone 
Alin ka ekarri banetu chehe zekesa aha! arten bu jabenen 
Dominion by to bring uniting little niggard contempt receive does of 
the lords 
137 Line 21. arrapatu ra: arrapatu, in Etruscan arpetu, erpetu, is often used as a synonym 
of artu, to hold, receive. The 7a marks the infinitive to narri. 
Alin azpi gune noku ne: Alin, the dominion, azpi under, guwne, to us, noku, fails, ne, who. 
Turaan kian eznai: there is a change of tense which [ have elsewhere observed in Etruscan 
construction, but cannot account for. The preceding nokw is in the present, while kian marks 
the past of eznai. As for eznai, literally, to wish not, it is not Basque so faras I know. An 
analogous form ez-ezerten artu means, to despise. The Japanese forms verbs of contempt and 
dislike with iya, the equivalent of ez, such as iyagari, iyashime. The Choctaw does the same 
with ik, tkahninchoh, ikahobuloh. 
138 Line 22. gune noku naga ne on Turaan ganaino: for this peculiar construction sce line 4. 
goye imi ema no: for goye imi see line 13; ema no, of giving. 
139 Line 23. banaiz ambe gure aintzi: for banaiz = naiz, see Left Side 1-4. The following 
ambe, great. is an adverb qualifying gwre, very desirous. This gwre governs the preceding 
clause, goye imi ema no, and on the goye imi depends aintzi, to warn or make known. 
pikor Ralapika ra min ekarri; for pikor, contribution, see line 10. The Basque min, Etrus- 
can mine, means grief, pain, and desire. This must be read: “‘the contributions bringing 
(testifying) grief to Ralapika.” 
140 Line 24. Alin ka: ka is the postposition, by. Thus it reads: ‘‘ By the dominion, ekarri 
banetu, uniting to bring, pikor, &c., contributions.” 
chehe zekesa: for zekesa, see line 19. The preceding chehe means little, a synonym of chipi. 
In Etruscan chipi is used in a good sense, chehe, in a bad. 
ahal is the same in form as al, ahal, power, but here, as in the Eugubine Tables sometimes 
it signifies shame, contempt, being the radical of the present aha’-ge. 
‘arten bu jabenen: the verb artu, artzen, is here arten, the Etrnscan equivalent of the latter. 
The accompanying auxiliary is Etruscan be, but I have represented it by bw as that 3 sing- 
imperative form is the only oue in Basque which preserves the old synonym of du. The Etrus- 
can has beno or pino for ‘‘ he did,” answering to the modified imperfect banuw in Basque. The 
form of banw or beno in the present tense in Etruscan was be. Jabenen, in Etruscan gubenone, 
is the genitive plural. : 
