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Classical Armenian: kɛɫɛu̯
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Lexeme data
Language:
Classical Armenian
Meaning:
bark
Source form:
կեղեւ
Phonological form:
kɛɫɛu̯
Gloss:
also "peel; rind; husk"
Notes:
Traditionally pronounced [kɛʁɛʋ].
Cognate codes:
(
D
)
Sources of lexical data
Source:
Ringe, D., Warnow, T., Taylor, A. (2002) 'Indo-European and Computational Cladistics.' Transaction of the Philological Society Vol. 100:1: 59-129.
Reliability:
High
Source:
Bedrossian, Mathias (1879), New Dictionary Armenian–English, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Pages:
340
Reliability:
High
Cognate coding
Cognate Class D
Source:
Olsen, Birgit Anette. 1999. The Noun in Biblical Armenian. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter.
Pages:
932
Reliability:
Loanword
Comment:
Possibly from Syriac qəlāfā 'folium libri', qəlāfəθā 'cortex, squama, putamen mali granata'. Jahukyan (1987:482; 2010:398) suggests the form reflects PIE *(s)kel-. This is however phonetically problematic.
Source:
Dunn, Michael (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics)
Reliability:
Good (e.g. should be double checked)