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حٞانَق
ḥénaḳ (yeḥánaḳ/ľaḥnáḳ)
basic morphological information
text examples
éḳdomk trɔ mebérɛy tóˀo ḥténḳoʰ yeŝókez ˁouyέghɛn ḷe-ˁougénoʰ di-šímeʰ ṣáˁakk ˁeʸh ˁámok inέm taˁámer ˁö́mor aḥáneḳ kor bóhod ‘I saw two (of my) children who were striving to strangle each other: the boy was pushing the girl down into the sand. I shouted at him, saying: “What are you doing?” He said: “I am strangling her to make her sit calmly”’ (field notes)
root
etymology
From PS *ḫnḳ with the same meaning (LS 183, CDG 263), cf. Mhr. ḫenūḳ ‘to strangle’ (ML 445), Jib. ḫónúḳ ‘to strangle’ (JL 303).