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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

This entry contains reconstructed terms 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