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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *qVm- (~χ-)
Meaning: woman
Ket: qīm, pl. -n1; qim-mas5,6 "to marry"
Yug: xem / xim, pl. -n1; xem-mas5,6 "to marry"
Arin: biqam-al (Срсл.) "wife"; (Сл.) biqam-álte; (М.) bɨqam álte "wife"; (Лоск.) kemel "woman", kekmelte "wife"
Pumpokol: ilsém (Сл.), ilzem (Срсл.) "wife"
Comments: ССЕ 266. Ar. bi- is a possessive prefix (lit. "my wife"). Pumpokol has a compound with the component ils- (present also in ils-et 'husband'). Werner 2, 90.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *qwä̆nV́
Meaning: woman
Comments and references : NSC 56 *qwEnV. sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-yen,sccet-buru,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *qwä̆nV
Meaning: woman
Notes: One of several common NC roots meaning 'woman, female'. Its specific usage in Lak. (where qami is phonetically a development < *qan-bi with the old plural suffix) and PL suggests that it may have been a collective noun 'women', at least, in PEC. In PWC *p(ǝ)- is a frequent nominal prefix. We should note also some phonetic irregularities: Khin. χ- instead of expected q- (probably under influence of Az. χanɨm 'lady' /which has nothing to do with the root in question/ or related Lezghian forms; direct borrowing from Kryz or Az. is rather improbable in this case); PL *χon-p:V instead of expected *χʷen-p:V - probably, an early reduction in a polysyllabic pluralis tantum. Otherwise the correspondences are regular, and the reconstruction seems rather secure.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-lezg,caucet-khin,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *qin
Meaning: 1 wife of brother-in-law 2 daughter-in-law
Chechen: qin 1
Ingush: qɨ 2
Comments: Obl. base *qina- (Chech. qina-, Ing. qɨno-).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *ʁinV (~ʁ:-)
Meaning: woman
Tsezi: ʁIana
Khvarshi: ʁini
Inkhokvari: ʁIine
Comments: PTsKh *ʁiInV (in Tsez. two forms coexist: ʁIana and ʁIana-bi, the latter being a former plural).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-khv,cezet-inh,cezet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: qami
Meaning: women (pl.)
Lak form: qami
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *χon-p:V
Meaning: 1 woman 2 women (pl.t.)
Lezghian: χnub 1 (dial.)
Tabasaran: χp:i-šiw 1
Agul: χumb-ar 2
Kryz: χɨnɨb 1
Archi: χom 2
Comment: Cf. also Tab. Kand. χp:i-r (pl. χp:-ar), Ag. Bursh. χewe-r (pl. χaw-ar) 'woman'. Originally pluralis tantum with *-p:V as a plural marker; -ar in Ag. χumbar, Tab. pl. χp:-ar had been added later. The Lezg. and Kryz. forms are somewhat resembling Az. χanɨm 'lady', but borrowing is quite improbable for phonetic reasons.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-krz,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,
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Khinalug etymology :
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Khinalug root: χin-
North Caucasian etymology: 115
Meaning: woman
Khinalug form: χinimḳir
Comments: The root is χin(i)- (cf. plur. χɨnɨ-bɨr); the meaning of -mḳir is as yet unclear.
khinet-prnum,khinet-meaning,khinet-khi,khinet-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *pǝχ́ʷA
Meaning: daughter
Abkhaz: a-pħá
Abaza: pħa
Adyghe: pχʷǝ
Kabardian: pχʷǝ
Ubykh: pχ́a
Comments: PAT *pǝħa (with a secondary dissimilative delabialisation); PAK *pχʷǝ. The root must have originally meant 'woman' in general and has preserved this meaning in PWC *pǝχ́ʷA-śʷǝ: PAT *pǝħʷǝśǝ 'woman' (Abkh. a-pħʷǝ́s, Bz. a-pħʷǝ́ś, Abaz. pħʷǝs) = Ub. pχ́ašʷ 'wife'. Cf. also Ub. pχ́a-ʒá 'wife, woman'.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *ɣen-
Meaning: queen
Yasin: ɣéndeṣ
Hunza: ɣéniṣ, pl. ɣénaŋ
Nagar: ɣéniṣ, pl. ɣénaŋ
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : KVNV
Meaning : woman
Austric : PAA *kan / *kɨn 'woman'
Amerind (misc.) : *kuna 'woman' (actually only Equat., R 864; many more forms in GE 47)
African (misc.) : Bantu *-kéntù 'woman'.
Reference : МССНЯ 340, ND 897; GE 47 (+ IP, Austral.) globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-scc,globet-austr,globet-amer,globet-afr,globet-reference,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *k/u/nV
Meaning: woman
Uralic: (whence Udm. ken 'Schwiegertochter' ?)
References: МССНЯ 340, ОСНЯ 1, 306-308; ND 897 *kun̄i 'woman, wife'. nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-esk,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *gʷen-, *gʷnā-
Meaning: woman, wife
Tokharian: A śäṃ, B śana (PT *śänā) 'woman, wife' (Adams 621)
Old Indian: gnā́ f. `a divine female'; jáni-, jánī f. `woman, wife'
Avestan: gǝnā, ɣnā 'Frau, Weib', ǰani-, ǰą̄ni- 'Weib'
Other Iranian: NPers zan
Armenian: kēn, pl. kanai-kh `Gattin', coll. kanani `Frauen'
Old Greek: günǟ́ f. `Weib, Frau', böot. banā́ `id.' (Corinn.), pl. banē̂kes Hsch. (? < *gʷanai̯k-)
Celtic: *gu̯enā, gen. gu̯nā-s, pl. gen. *gu̯nōm > OIr ben, gen. mn̄a, pl. gen. ban; ban-: ban-chū `weibl. Hund'; Cymr ben-yw `weiblich', Corn ben-en `sponsa'
Albanian: zónjë, pl. -a 'lady'
Russ. meaning: женщина, жена
piet-prnum,piet-meaning,piet-tokh,piet-ind,piet-avest,piet-iran,piet-arm,piet-greek,piet-slav,piet-balt,piet-germ,piet-celt,piet-alb,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: жена́,
Near etymology: жени́ться, укр. жона́, жíнка, блр. жана́, ст.-слав. жена, γυνή, болг. жена́, сербохорв. жѐна, словен. žéna, чеш., слвц. žena "женщина, жена", польск. żona, в.-луж., н.-луж. žona.
Further etymology: Родственно др.-прусск. genno зв. п. "женщина!", др.-инд. jániṣ "жена, женщина", gnā "богиня", авест. gǝnā-, ɣǝnā, ɣnā "женщина, жена", ǰaini -- то же, арм. kin, гот. qinô "жена, супруга", qēns -- то же, греч. γυνή, беот. βανά "жена", ирл. ben, тохар. А śän, В śana "женщина"; см. Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 13, 99; Траутман, BSW 84; Apr. Sprd. 337; Педерсен, Kelt. Gr. 1, 47; Файст 388; Торп 60; Лиден, Tochar. Stud. 30.
Trubachev's comments: [См. еще Трубачев, Терм. родства, стр. 105. -- Т.]
Pages: 2,46
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *gen-ā̂ f.
Meaning: woman
Old Prussian: genno `Frau' V. 188
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *kwinōn, *kunōn; *kwēni-z, *kwēnō
Meaning: woman
Gothic: kʷinō f. (n) `woman, female'; kʷēn-s f. (i) `wife'
Old Norse: kona f. `Frau'; kvǟn, kvān, kvɔ̄n f. `Frau'; kvendi n. `Weiber'; kvenna, kvinna f. `Weib, Frau'
Norwegian: kona, dial. kvɔn `Frau', kvende `Weiber'; kvinna `Weib, Frau'
Swedish: kona `Frau', kvinna `Weib, Frau'
Danish: kone `Frau', kvinde `Weib, Frau'
Old English: cwene (cwyne), -an f., cwēn, -e, pl. cwēne/-a f. `woman; wife; queen'
English: quean, queen
Old Saxon: quena `Frau'; quān st. f. `Ehefrau'
Middle Dutch: quene, kone `Frau'
Dutch: kween f.
Old High German: quena `Frau'
Middle High German: kon(e), kan, kun, quëne wk. f. 'weib, eheweib'
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 717
Root: gʷē̆nā
English meaning: woman, wife
German meaning: `Weib, Frau'
Grammatical comments: Gen. gʷn-ās und *gʷen-ās, auch Nom. gʷenǝ-, gʷenī-
Material: Ai. gnā (*gʷnā) f. `Götterweib' (zum Teil zweisilb. *ganā), Gen. gnā́s-; av. gǝnā, ɣnā `Frau, Weib'; ai. jáni-ḥ = av. jaini-, npers. zan ds. (ai. auch jánī); in Kompositis ai. dehnstuf. -jāni- = av. jāni- ds.; arm. kin (*gʷena) `Frau', Pl. kanai-k (*gʷen-ai + Plur.-Endung -k) ; aphryg. βονοκ, nphryg. βανεκος `Weib' ist wohl Lw. aus dem äol. Gr.; anders Kleinhans bei Pedersen Groupement 48 Anm.
gr. γυνή `Frau' (*gʷunā), Gen. γυναικός, neben böot. βανά̄ (*gʷenā), Pl. βανη̃κες; *gʷnā-, daraus *βνᾱ-, gr. μνᾱ- steckt in μνάομαι `freie', dazu μνηστήρ `Freier', μνηστύς `Werbung', μνηστη ἄλοχος `rechtmäßige Gattin' (mit sekundärem -σ-);
air. ben (*gʷenā), Gen. Sg. mná (*gʷn-ās), Gen. Pl. ban (*gʷen-ōm), im Kompositum ban-(ban-chú `weiblicher Hund'); daneben bé n. `Frau' (*gʷen); cymr. ben-yw `weiblich', corn. ben-en `sponsa';
alb. zonjë `Herrin, Frau' (*gʷeniā) ; gheg. grue, tosk. grua `Frau' (*gʷn-ōn);
nach Vetter Gl. 23, 204 hierher messap. benna `Gattin' und (?) lepont. venia (Gl. 15, 12);
got. qino (*gʷen-ōn-) = ags. cwene, ahd. quena, mhd. quene `Frau, Ehefrau'; daneben reduktionsstuf. mhd. kone, ds., anord. kona (Gen. Pl. kvenna) `Frau' (*gʷen-on-); dehnstuf. got. qēns `Ehefrau' (*gʷēni-s = av. jáni-, ai. jāni-), anord. kvǣn, kvān, ags. cwēn, asächs. quān ds.;
apr. genna, Vok. genno `Frau';
aksl. žena `Frau'; ženinъ `weiblich' = got. qineins ds.;
toch. A śäṁ (Pl. śnu) = В śana (Obl. śno) `Frau'; Pedersen Toch. Sprachg. 37 f.
References: WP. I 681 f., WH. I 112 f., Trautmann 84, Meillet Esquisse 84, Schwyzer Gr. Gr. 296, 582 f., Tagliavini L'Albanese di Dalmatia 126.
Pages: 473-474
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *kune ( ~ g-)
Meaning: one of several wives
Russian meaning: одна из нескольких жен
Comments: A Turk.-Jpn. isogloss. Cf. perhaps Evn. qōŋań 'witch' (ТМС 1, 411). altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *güni
Meaning: 1 co-wife 2 envy, jealousy 3 jealous, envious person 4 to be jealous, envy
Russian meaning: 1 одна из нескольких жен 2 зависть, ревность 3 ревнивец, завистник 4 ревновать, завидовать
Old Turkic: küni (OUygh.) 2
Turkish: gönü, günü 1, 2
Tatar: köndäš 1, kön-če 3, kene (dial.) 2
Uzbek: kundaš 1, kunči 3
Uighur: kündäš 1, kün-lü- 4, kün-či 3
Sary-Yughur: kun bol- 4 (ЯЖУ) Azerbaidzhan: günü 1
Turkmen: güni 1
Khakassian: kün-ne- 4, künǯi 3
Oyrat: künü 2
Yakut: künǖ 2
Tuva: xün-ne- 4
Kirghiz: künü, kündöš 1, künü-lö- 'to be jealous (of women)'
Kazakh: kündes 1, kün-de- 4
Noghai: kündes 1, kün-le- 4
Bashkir: köndäš 1, kön-lä- 4, kön-sö 3
Karaim: kündeš 1, kün-le-, künü-le-, könü-le- 4
Karakalpak: kündes 1, kün-le- 4
Kumyk: gün-čü 3
Comments: VEWT 307, 309, EDT 727, ЭСТЯ 3, 104-105, Мудрак 76, Федотов 1, 269. Cf. perhaps also Yak. kij̃īt, Dolg. kinīt 'sister-in-law' (?). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-atu,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-tat,turcet-chg,turcet-uzb,turcet-uig,turcet-sjg,turcet-azb,turcet-trm,turcet-hak,turcet-alt,turcet-jak,turcet-tuv,turcet-krg,turcet-kaz,turcet-nogx,turcet-bas,turcet-krmx,turcet-klpx,turcet-qum,turcet-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *kuanami
Meaning: first wife (in polygamy)
Russian meaning: первая жена (при многоженстве)
Old Japanese: kwonamji
Middle Japanese: kónámí
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Eskimo etymology :
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Proto-Eskimo: *aʁna- (~ *-ʁń-)
Meaning: woman, female
Russian meaning: женщина, самка
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 43
esqet-prnum,esqet-meaning,esqet-rmean,esqet-yup,esqet-inup,esqet-refer,
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Yupik etymology :
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Proto-Yupik: *áʁńa-
Meaning: woman 1, girl 2, female (in compounds) 3
Russian Meaning: женщина 1, девочка 2, самка (в сложениях) 3
Chaplino: aʁnáq (t), áʁnaq* 1, aʁnáʁaq 2, aʁna- 3
Naukan: áʁnaq 1, áʁnaʁáq 2, aʁna- 3
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: aʁnaq 1, aʁna- 3
Chugach (AAY): aʁnaq 1, aʁna- 3
Koniag (AAY): aʁnaq 1, AP aʁjaɣaq 2, Kod aʁja[ɣ]aq 'unmarried young woman', aʁna- 3
Chugach (Birket-Smith): ạʁǝnạq 1
Central Alaskan Yupik: aʁnaq 1, aʁna- 3
Nunivak (Peripheral): aʁnaχ* 1
Norton Sound (Peripheral): aʁnaʁaq 2
PAME: *aʁnaq
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 43
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Inupik etymology :
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Proto-Inupik: *ạʁna-
Meaning: woman 1, female (in compounds) 2
Russian meaning: женщина 1, самка (в сложениях) 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: aʁnaq 1, aʁna- 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq áʁnáq 1, aʁná- 2, W aŋ̇naq* (āk, ąt) 1
North Alaskan Inupik: aʁnaq 1, aʁna- 2
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl aʁnaq 1
Western Canadian Inupik: aʁnaq 1, aʁna- 2
WCI Dialects: Cor, M aʁnaq* 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: aʁnaq 1, aʁna- 2
Greenlandic Inupik: aʁnaq (arnaq*) 1, aʁna- 2
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 43
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *kVn-
Meaning: co-wife, sister-in-law
afaset-meaning,afaset-prnum,afaset-sem,afaset-brb,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-agw,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 31
Proto-Semitic: *kann-at- 1 ~ *kinatt- 2
Meaning: 'daughter/sister-in-law' 1, 'menial' 2, (?) 'concubine' 3
Akkadian: kinattu 'menial, person of servile status attached to a household, doing agricultural and other work under supervision; person of equal social status, comrade, colleague' , from OB on (CAD k, 381; AHw, 479); kinītu 'eine Nebenfrau?' (concubine) SB (AHw, 480, not in CAD) (=qinītu 'concubine, second-rating wife' LL (CAD q, 254)
Hebrew: *kǝnāt 'Gefährte' (KB deutsch, 463)
Aramaic: Off. knt 'companion, colleage' (HJ, 520-1)
Biblical Aramaic: *kǝnāt 'Kollege' (KB deutsch, 1725)
Judaic Aramaic: knt 'colleage' (Sokoloff, 264; < Akk)
Syrian Aramaic: kǝnāt- 'collega, socius; socia' (Brock., 334; < Akk.)
Arabic: kann-at- 'belle-fille, femme du fils; belle-soeur, femme du frère' (BK 2, 932)
Tigre: kǝnto 'title for girls with the Mänsa' (LH, 416)
Notes: Considered an Akkadism in Aram.
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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *i-kniw 1, 3 ~ *i-kniw 2 ~ *ta-kna(w)- 4
Meaning: 'be twin' 1, 'twin' 2, 'be co-wife, concubine' 3, 'co-wife, concubine' 4, be jealous' 5
Ghadames: takna, pl. takniwīn/tekna 4; eknǝw 5
Ayr: ekne 2, takna, pl. taknawen 4
Ahaggar (Tahaggart): eknu 1, 3; êkné 2, têkné 4
Semlal: ikni, ikinnuw 2, täkna, pl. täkniwin 4
Snus: ta-kna 4
Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ik_niw 1, 3; ik_en 2, tak_na 4
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *kin-
Meaning: 'co-wife' 1, 'sister' 2, 'marry' 3
Warji: kin-ai 1 [SkNb]
Kariya: kin 1 [SkNb]
Miya: kin 1, 3 [SkNb]
Cagu: kīne 1 [SkNb]
Mburku: kinā 1 [SkNb]
Jimbin: kina 1 [SkNb]
Sha: čín 2 [JgR]
Kulere: kin 2 [JgR]
Notes: cp. Mupun kǝ̄n 'male relative of mother', Tangale kɛnụ-k 'maternal uncle; a sister's child' [JgT]
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-wrj,wchet-kry,wchet-miy,wchet-cag,wchet-mbu,wchet-jmb,wchet-sha,wchet-klr,wchet-notes,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *kunu
Meaning: 'co-wife' 1, 'grandmother or her sibling' 2
Daba: kwunu 1 [Mo: 131]
Gude: kǝ̀-kǝńǝ 2 [Hs]
Notes: Cf. Masa (Banana) kwéyna 'guest'.
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-dab,cchet-gde,cchet-notes,
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :
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Proto-Agaw: *kiyan
Meaning: 'marriage'
Bilin: keɣān
Khamir: kīyan
Qwara: kīyan, kēn
Qemant: kiyan
Notes: Con Ros Kem 218
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