Куи-куви этимология : Результат запроса

Пракуи-куви: *vʔira

Значение: earth, soil

Куи: vira, vire

Кхуттия куи: vira'a, vira

Куви (Фитцджеральд): i'ṛa

Куви (Шульце): ī'ira

Сункараметта куви: i'ira

Парджа куви: vir'a

Текрийя куви: vir'a

Куви (Маханти): wirhā, wirgā, wirkā

Куви (Израэль): iʔira "earth, soil, gravel"

Комментарии: A fantastic example of an ANLAUT laryngeal cluster, but so it is. Only by postulating such a cluster can we explain the unique glottal stop metathese in Kui: *vʔira > virʔa. In Kuwi no such metathese happened, but the cluster was simplified (*vʔ- > *ʔ-), and a prothetical i- was developed before the glottal stop to prevent it from beginning the word. One question is: where does this unnatural cluster come from? It is indeed hard to answer, since there are no external parallels and no obvious source of borrowing. One possible answer is that *vʔ- < *vy-, in which case *vyira can be traced back to *vay-ira and we can compare it with PDR *vay-, which is really 'to put, place', but has a secondary meaning 'to sow' and, in fact, with a suffixal -p-, in Tamil has got the meaning 'earth'. In this case, however, the second component is unclear; it is even unclear whether it is a root or a suffix.

Номер по DED: 5410