N. nem n. “nose”

N. nem, n. “nose”

Reference ✧ Ety/NEÑ-WI ✧ “nose”

Related

• ᴺS. !nem “seeming, evident, probably but not necessarily so” vs. nem “nose”

Cognates

• Ilk. nîw “nose” ✧ Ety/NEÑ-WI
• ᴹQ. nengwe “nose” ✧ Ety/NEÑ-WI

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶neñwi “nose” ✧ Ety/NEÑ-WI (NEÑ-WI)
  • < nemb < NEÑ-WI ✧ Ety/NEÑ-WI
  • < ᴹ√NEÑ “*nose” ✧ EtyAC/NEÑ-WI

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶NEÑ-WI > nemb > nem

[neŋwi] > [neŋgwi] > [neŋgwe] > [nembe] > [nemb] > [nemb] > [nemm] > [nem]

✧ Ety/NEÑ-WI

ᴱN. neth n. “nose”

References ✧ PE13/151

Glosses

• “nose” ✧ PE13/151

Variations

• neth ✧ PE13/151
• nheth ✧ PE13/151

Changes

• nheth >> neth “nose” ✧ PE13/151

Inflections

nith

plural

✧ PE13/151

G. nûn n. “a nose (of men only)”

References ✧ GL/61

Glosses

• “a nose (of men only)” ✧ GL/61
• “a nostril” ✧ GL/61 (nûn)

Changes

• nûn “a nostril” >> nûn “a nose (of men only)” ✧ GL/61

Derivations

• < ᴱ√NUSU “*smell”