Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *tōṇ-/*tōṛ-
Meaning : friend
Kui : tōṛe "friend, friendship"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : toňesi "friend (amongst men)"
Kuwi (Israel) : tōṇe, tōṇeʔesi, tōṇesi
Additional forms : Also Kui tōṛu friendship; tōṛenja, tōṛenju male friend; fem. tōṛeli, tōṛali; Kuwi_Isr tōṛu companion; tōṛa ā- to accompany
Notes : The gradation *-ṇ-/*-ṛ- here probably goes back to PK. External data points to an original root *toṛ- 'friendship, company' and to its suffixed form *toṛ-n- 'friend, relative'.
Number in DED : 3563
