کننگ
Brahui
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *key (“to do”). Cognate with Tamil செய் (cey), Kannada ಕೈ (kai).
Burrow and Emeneau suggest influence by Sindhi ڪَرَڻُ (karaṇu, “to do”) and Baluchi کنگ (kanag, “to do”) to explain k- instead of the etymologically expected x-.[1] McAlpin goes a step further and rejects the Dravidian etymology entirely, instead deriving the term from Northwestern Indo-Aryan or Northwestern Iranian.[2]
Verb
[edit]کَنِّنْگ (kanniṅg)
References
[edit]- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1957”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- ^ McAlpin, David (2022) “Modern colloquial eastern Elamite”, in Al-Burz, volume 14, number 1, pages 64–123
Further reading
[edit]- Bray, Denys (1934) “kanning”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 156
- M. S. Andronov (1980) The Brahui Language (Languages of Asia and Africa), Moscow: Nauka Publishing House, page 82
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *uHṇ (“to eat, drink”). Cognate with Tamil உண் (uṇ). Doublet of ہُڑِنْگ (huṛiṅg, “to suck”).
Burrow and Emeneau suggest influence by Sindhi کائِڻُ (khāiṇu) to explain k- instead of the etymologically expected x-.[1]
McAlpin relates the term to Achaemenid Elamite [script needed] (kúm-ba-ka4 /kumbaka/, “it has been eaten”).[2]
Verb
[edit]کُنِنْگ (kuniṅg)
References
[edit]- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “600”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- ^ McAlpin, David (2022) “*kun”, in “Modern colloquial eastern Elamite”, in Al-Burz, volume 14, number 1, pages 64–123
Further reading
[edit]- Bray, Denys (1934) “kuning”, in The Brahui Language[2], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 173
- Brahui terms inherited from Proto-Dravidian
- Brahui terms derived from Proto-Dravidian
- Brahui terms borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
- Brahui terms derived from Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
- Brahui terms borrowed from Northwestern Iranian languages
- Brahui terms derived from Northwestern Iranian languages
- Brahui lemmas
- Brahui verbs
- Brahui doublets