Primitive Irish

Adverb

ᚕᚑᚔ ‎(koi)

1. here (with a verb like “lies” or “is buried” understood)
   • BLTAG/2/1 at the Celtic Inscribed Stones Project

     ᚛ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ ᚔᚐᚏᚔ ᚕᚑᚔ ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ ᚋᚒᚉᚉᚑᚔ ᚇᚑᚃᚃᚔᚅᚔᚐᚄ᚜‎

     maqqi iari koi maqqi muccoi dovvinias

     The son of Iar [lies] here, son of the tribe of Dovinias

   • BLTAG/9/1

     ᚛ᚅᚓᚈᚈᚐᚂᚐᚋᚔᚅᚐᚉᚉᚐ ᚕᚑᚔ ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ ᚋᚒᚉᚑᚔ ᚇᚑᚃ[···‎

     nettalaminacca koi maqqi mucoi dov[...

     Netta-Laminacca [lies] here, son of the tribe of Dov[inias]

Usage notes

This is a formula word, uniquely spelled with the supplementary character ᚕ ‎(k). It seems to be equivalent to the Latin formula hic iacet ‎(“here lies”).

References

• Eska, Joseph F. (1990). “The deictic pronomial ḱey in Celtic”. Celtica 21:153–55.
• McManus, Damian (1991). A Guide to Ogam, Maynooth Monographs 4. Maynooth: An Sagart, p. 81. ISBN 9781870684170.