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#a bow comprised of only one type of wood, or generally a bow
#a bow comprised of only one type of wood, or generally a bow
====Descendants====
====Descendants====
*Proto-Hyudrontic: [[Contionary:*däčav#Proto-Glaeglo-Hyudrontic|*däčav]] (self bow, or the ceremonious hanging of a murderer from a ''Collasucus'' tree)
*Proto-Hyudrontic: [[Contionary:*däčav#Proto-Hyudrontic|*däčav]] (self bow, or the ceremonious hanging of a murderer from a ''Collasucus'' tree)
*Proto-Kana: [[Contionary:*dɔɔkɔ́#Proto-Kana|*dɔɔkɔ́]]
*Proto-Kana: [[Contionary:*dɔɔkɔ́#Proto-Kana|*dɔɔkɔ́]]



Latest revision as of 08:35, 16 February 2022

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This Proto-Glaeglo-Hyudrontic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Glaeglo-Hyudrontic

Etymology

Possibly related to *chawjɪ́G (blood) via *chaw-wáX (blood-tree, shavvak), as broken limbs of a variety of Collasucus trees were used by most GH peoples to make bows due to their favorable elastic qualities.

Pronunciation

Noun

*dɛcáw

  1. a bow comprised of only one type of wood, or generally a bow

Descendants

  • Proto-Hyudrontic: *däčav (self bow, or the ceremonious hanging of a murderer from a Collasucus tree)
  • Proto-Kana: *dɔɔkɔ́