See also: fnD

Egyptian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Afroasiatic *funVg-, according to Orel and Stolbova’s very tentative reconstruction.[1] If so, perhaps cognate with Lowland East Cushitic *fung- (“nose”), whence Oromo fuññaan.

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Noun edit

D19
Z1

 m

  1. nose
  2. snout
  3. beak

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Verb edit

f&n&d D19

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be angry (+ r: at)

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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) “*funVg-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 832, page 188