tunkiya
Hausa edit
Etymology edit
Probably a suffixed form, synchronically analyzable as tum-ki-ya, from a putative root *tum, from Proto-Chadic *tmk.[1] Cognate with Warji təəm, Tal t'ɨm, Saya təm, Miya tə́máku, Duwai tùnko, Uldeme təmbàk, Bana tə́mbə̀k, Karekare tàmci, Mbuko tə̄mān, Lagwan tɨme, Dangaléat tamgi, Kirya-Konzel tə̀mbə́kə́, Daba tùmùk. Possibly related to Zaghawa tami.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tunkìyā f (plural tumāki, possessed form tunkìyar̃)
References edit
- ^ *Jungraithmayr, Herrmann, Ibriszimow, Dymitr (1994) Chadic Lexical Roots. Tentative reconstruction, grading, distribution and comments. (Sprache und Oralität in Afrika; 20), volume I, Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag