عنكوليب

Sudanese Arabic

Etymology

From Beja enkulib (“sugar canes”), plural of enkuluub. Words suffixed with ب (-(V)b) often originate from Beja. Compare عنقريب (ʕangarēb, “wooden bed”), بعنيب (baʕanēb, “a kind of eagle”), ويكاب (wēkāb, “an ingredient of sauce”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕan.koːliːb/

Noun

عنكوليب • (ʕankōlīb) ?

sugar cane

References

Hillelson, Sigmar (1925) Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary‎^[1], London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government, page 283
Kees Versteegh (2009) Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics‎^[2], 5 edition, Brill, →ISBN, Sudan, pages 375-381
Reinisch, Leo (1895) Wörterbuch der Beḍauye-Sprache‎^[3] (in German), Wien, Austria, page 25