Cognate Set 5887 – Meaning: back
- IE-CoR reference form:
- kṙtʿunkʿ
- IE-CoR reference language:
- Armenian: Classical
- Ideophonic:
- no
- Parallel derivation:
- no
- Justification:
- Connections outside of Armenian uncertain. Within Armenian probably to be connected with Classical Armenian kuṙn '(anatom.) back; side', which in turn – if the original semantic meaning was 'curved/bending body-part' – may be related to Classical Armenian kor 'curved, crooked' (Martirosyan 2010:376, cf. id. 382, 373-374). HAB II:669 offers no etymology. [MM: Proto-Armenian *kuṙ(-tʰ)-un-].
- Found in clades:
- Armenian
- Revised by:
- Matthew Scarborough, Martin Macak
Found in 1 clade by 2 lexemes.
|
Language |
Lexeme |
Native script |
Phonetic |
Phonemic |
Notes |
| 17 |
Armenian: Western
|
kṙnak |
կռնակ |
ɡərˈnɑɡ |
ɡurn(-)ɑɡ |
Apparently from կուռն kowṙ-n 'back' + -ակ -ak (forming diminutives from nominal stems). |
| 15 |
Armenian: Classical
|
kṙtʿunkʿ |
կռթունք |
kərˈtʰuŋkʰ |
kurtʰ-u/ɑn-kʰ |
Traditionally pronounced [kərtʰuŋkʰ]; cf. կուռն kowṙ-n (trad. pron.) [kurən] 'back; pelvis; arm' (from an orig. "curved body part" or the like). |
- References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay: II:669
- Martirosyan, Hrach: 373-374, 376, 382
S.v. Arm. kṙtʻ-un-kʻ '(anatom.) back'. [HAB](src-740) II:669 posits an unattested form *kiṙtʻn or kuṙtʻn and offers no etymology. The form is probably comparable CArm. kuṙn '(anatom.) back; side', which in turn – if the original semantic meaning was 'curved/bending body-part' – may be related to CArm. kor 'curved, crooked' (disputed etymology, cf. s.v.).
