کننگ

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Brahui

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Etymology 1

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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

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کَنِّنْگ (kanniṅg)

  1. to do
  2. to make
  3. to feign oneself
  4. to seize, affect (of illness)

References

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  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1957”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  2. ^ McAlpin, David (2022) “Modern colloquial eastern Elamite”, in Al-Burz, volume 14, number 1, pages 64–123

Further reading

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  • 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

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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

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کُنِنْگ (kuniṅg)

  1. to eat
  2. to drink
  3. to bite
  4. to suffer, endure

References

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  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “600”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  2. ^ McAlpin, David (2022) “*kun”, in “Modern colloquial eastern Elamite”, in Al-Burz, volume 14, number 1, pages 64–123

Further reading

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  • 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