Berber etymology : List with all references

Proto-Berber: *hVnVkk- 1 ~ Hankar- 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to wheeze by gorge' 1, 'gorge' 2

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): hǝnǝkk-ǝt 'râler de la gorge', tankart, pl. tankâr-în

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥank(-ar)-

Meaning: palate, gorge, uvula

Semitic: *ḥanak-/*ḥink- 'palate'

Berber: *hVnVkk- 'to wheeze by gorge' ~ Hankar- 'gorge'

Beḍauye (Beja): *ḥanak- ~ *ḥankar- 'palate, gorge, throat'

Notes: Cf. *ḥanuḳ(-ar)- 'palate, inside of mouth, gorge' (248) and *ḥang-ur- 'throat, gorge ' (260).

Number: 2624

Proto-Semitic: *ḥanak-/*ḥink-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'palate'

Hebrew: ḥēk, with suff. ḥikk- 2, 'palate' [KB 313] (<*ḥikk- <*ḥink-); PB ḥănīkayim (dual) 'palate and tongue' [Ja 483] (formed after a different derivational pattern preserving -n-)

Aramaic: OFF ḥnk 2 'palate' [HJ 338]

Judaic Aramaic: ḥikkā 2 'palate' [Ja 455]; ḥk (det. ḥykh) do. [Sok 200]

Mandaic Aramaic: hinka 2 'palate, throat' [DM 147]

Arabic: ḥanak-, pl. ʔaḥnāk- 2 'palais, et la partie de la bouche sous le menton correspondente au palais' [BK 1 505]

Tigre: ḥanäk 2 'palate' [LH 84] (an Arabism?)

Mehri: ḥǝnnūk 2 'gum and palate' [JM 183]; QISHN ḥank, pl. haḥnɔ̄́k 'palate' [SSL 1 278]

Jibbali: ḥǝnnūk 2 'gum and palate' [JM 183]; QISHN ḥank, pl. haḥnɔ̄́k 'palate' [SSL 1 278]

Notes: Of interest is a variety of stem patterns in MSA.

Note derived verbs in ETH and MSA: GEZ ḥanaka 'to munch, chew' [LGz 237], TGR (tä)ḥannäkä 'to gulp down with an effort' [LH 84], AMH aññäkä 'to chew, masticate' [K 1254], EAST: WOL enke, SEL ēnkä, ZWY īnkä 'to chew, to crunch' [LGur 65]; MSA: SOQ ḥ-t-nk 'recevoir à manger, donner à manger' [LS 182-3].

AKK ikku often compared to this root is translated as 'temper, irritability' in [CAD i 59] and 'Mut, Stimmung' in [AHw 369] and, therefore, is hardly related.

[KB 313]: HBR, ARM, ARB, TGR, АКК (ikku, quoted as 'courage, humour', and still compared to this root); [Brock 244]: SYR, ARM, HBR, ARB, AKK (ikku); [LGz 237, 251]: GEZ (ḥnk, ḥyk), SOQ, HBR, ARB, JIB, ARM; [LS 182-3]: SOQ, ARB, HBR, ARM, AKK (ikku), TGR (ḥǝnuk 'nourriture')

Bedauye: hanā́k ~ ankar, (Amar'ar) hánkar 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'palate, gorge, throat'

Notes: h- points to *ḥ-, not *ʕ-. Unless from Eth.

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