स्कु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• स्कव् (skav)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্কু (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬓᬸ (Balinese script)
• স্কু (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰎𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀓𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• သ္ကု (Burmese script)
• સ્કુ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਕੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌕𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦏꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂍𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ಕು (Kannada script)
• ស្កុ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ກຸ (Lao script)
• സ്കു (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡬᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘎𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢉᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦮𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐎𑐸 (Newa script)
• ସ୍କୁ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢒꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆑𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖎𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්කු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩜𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚊𑚰 (Takri script)
• ஸ்கு (Tamil script)
• స్కు (Telugu script)
• สฺกุ (Thai script)
• སྐུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒏𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨋𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₂- (“to poke, cut into, tear”), related to Hittite iskunant- (“spotted”) and Hittite iskunahhis (“marked”, 3sg.past), Lithuanian kiáuras (“perforated”), and maybe Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kiáutas (“shell, rind, peel”) via the connection 'flaying' < 'tearing' (just as Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) is from δέρω (dérō, “to flay”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sku/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ku/

Verb

स्कु • (sku)

1. to pick, pluck, tear
2. to poke
3. to cover

Derived terms

• स्कुनाति (skunāti)
• स्कुनीतः (skunītaḥ)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्कु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1257/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 191
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 751

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 561
• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “Hūdi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Buck, C. D. (2008) A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages, United States: University of Chicago Press, page 493