cû

noun. arch, crescent

cû

noun. bow

cû

noun. arch, crescent

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kú “bow, bow; [ᴱQ.] crescent moon” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Derivations

• ᴹ✶kuu̯ “bow” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
  • ᴹ√KU(Ʒ) “bow” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Element in

• N. cúran “crescent moon” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶kuu̯ > cû	[kuɣu] > [kū]	✧ Ety/KUƷ

cugu

noun. dove

cugu

noun. dove

A word for “dove” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from ᴹ✶kukūwā based on a reduplicated form of the root ᴹ√KŪ (Ety/KŪ). It replaced a deleted for cû from primitive ᴹ✶kūwā (EtyAC/KŪ).

Changes

• cû → cugu “dove” ✧ Ety/KŪ

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kukua “dove” ✧ Ety/KŪ

Derivations

• On. kukua “dove” ✧ Ety/KŪ
  • ᴹ✶kukūwā “dove” ✧ Ety/KŪ
  • ᴹ√KŪ “*coo” ✧ Ety/KŪ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. kukua > cugu	[kukua] > [kukua] > [kuku] > [kugu]	✧ Ety/KŪ

Variations

• cû ✧ EtyAC/KŪ (cû)

cúran

noun. the crescent Moon

peng

noun. bow (for shooting)