vami
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Etymology
From Proto-Nuristani *upatāmukā, from a diminutive of earlier *upa- + *tāmū (“markhor kid”), of uncertain origin. Compare Tregami vemi, Waigali vame, and more distantly, Ashkun tamišë (“markhor kid”), Kamkata-viri tamü, tamik (“markhor kid”), Waigali tamuṣa (“female markhor kid”).
An alternative derivation from Turner's *avimaya[1] runs into problems with the vowels, since ë < *a is expected, not a < *ā or a vowel sequence *aa. Moreover, the cognates listed above do not show the initial vowel.
Pronunciation
Noun
vami (Pronz)[2]
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “avimaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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