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On the mirror we have the phrase pava Tarχies, which shows pava in the nomino-accusative (subject) and Tarχies is in the genitive (meaning "of Tages").
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There are two instances of this word, one is on a mirror NRIE 759 in the phrase pava Tarχies.
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The word pava has been mistranslated as 'boy' by the Bonfantes1.
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On the Tabula Cortonensis, the word pava and the following word traula is marked with the conjunctive ending -c 'and', therefore having the semantic pattern "both X and Y".
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Finally the police put in the back window and mace (pava) the guy, who fights them out of the car blind.
Room 101 « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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(Feb 10 2008) No sooner did I post this, I found a critique, albeit a weakly argued one, of the boy theory published in Religion in Republican Italy (2006) by Harvey & Schultz (see link): While pava tarxies could mean 'the child Tarchu/Tages,' the scene is not a perfect match for the myth as we know it,...
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I would like to make the suggestion that pava, far from meaning 'boy', refers rather to a ritual offering or rite.
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It stands to reason that pava refers to some similar thing: a ritual offering or a rite.
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There are various bird species such as the keel-billed toucan (Ramphastus sulfuratus), black-chested jay or "chau-chau" (Cyanocorax affinis), Tangara gyrola, Arantinga wagleri, Pharomacrus fulgidus festatus, blue-knobbed curassow or "paujil" (Crax alberti), crested guan or "pava" (Penelope purpurascens brunnescens), Chlorostilbon russatus and Anthocephala floriceps floriceps.
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It's part of the phrase pes Petruś pava-c traula-c.
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