ہننگنگ
Brahui
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Dravidian [Term?]. Cognate with Tamil அணை (aṇai, “to join, copulate”).
McAlpin relates it to Elamite [Term?] (/han/, “to love”), whence Old Elamite [script needed] (ha-ni-eš /haneš/, “he loved”), New Elamite [script needed] (ha-ni-ik /hanik/, “loved”), etc.[1]
Verb
editہَنِنْگِنْگ (haningiṅg)
- to copulate (of human beings)
References
edit- ^ McAlpin, David (2022) “*han”, in “Modern colloquial eastern Elamite”, in Al-Burz, volume 14, number 1, pages 64–123
Further reading
edit- Bray, Denys (1934) “haninging”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 131
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “120”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.