ہمپنگ

Brahui

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *anVp-. Cognate with Tamil அனுப்பு (aṉuppu, “to send”).

Bray suggests the term is a causative from ہِنِنْگ (hiniṅg, “to go”).

Verb

ہَمْپِنْگ (hampiṅg)

1. to load up
2. to load up and go, start, depart
3. to depart this life
4. to be wiped out, become useless

Derived terms

• ہَمْپِفِنْگ (hampifiṅg, “to make to load”)

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “hamping”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 129
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “329”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.