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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kir-ɣu
Meaning : ear
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kui : kriu (pl. krīka), kiru "ear; (K.) earwax"
Khuttia Kui : kriu pejaŋa
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : kiryū (pl. kīrka)
Kuwi (Schulze) : kriyu
Sunkarametta Kuwi : krĩyyu
Parja Kuwi : kiru
Kuwi (Israel) : kriyũ
Additional forms : Also Kuwi_F kirpejja, Kuwi_Su kirpeja, Kuwi_Mah kirkūru earwax
Notes : The fact that in PK there was no initial cluster is proved by compound words with no suffixal -y-. In the noun itself, however, this suffix produced various modifications: the most common is metathese for the elimination of an uncommon cluster: *kir-y-u > *kri-y-u. The nasalisation is not quite clear; maybe in some dialects there appeared a secondary -n- in between two other resonants: *kir-y-u > *kir-n-y-u, etc. Similar development in *piṛyu.
Number in DED : 1977
kuiet-meaning,kuiet-prnum,kuiet-kui,kuiet-kuttia,kuiet-kuwi_f,kuiet-kuwi_s,kuiet-kuwi_su,kuiet-kuwi_p,kuiet-kuwi_isr,kuiet-addition,kuiet-notes,kuiet-dednum,

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