عنكوليب
Sudanese Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Beja enkulib (“sugar canes”), plural of enkuluub. Words suffixed with ب (-(V)b) often originate from Beja. Compare عنقريب (ʕangarēb, “wooden bed”), بعنيب (baʕanēb, “a kind of eagle”), ويكاب (wēkāb, “an ingredient of sauce”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
عنكوليب • (ʕankōlīb) ?
References edit
- Sigmar Hillelson (1925) Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary[1], London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government, page 283
- Kees Versteegh (2009) Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics[2], 5 edition, Brill, →ISBN, Sudan, pages 375-381
- Leo Reinisch (1895) Wörterbuch der Beḍauye-Sprache[3] (in German), Wien, Austria, page 25