Ilk. tû n. “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” (Category: Strong, Mighty, Powerful)
A noun meaning “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tūgu with an attested intermediate form tūgh [tūɣ] (Ety/TUG). It is a good example of how [g] spirantalized to [ɣ] (“gh”) after a vowel, and the resulting voiced velar spirant [ɣ] vanished, as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/tû).
References ✧ Ety/TUG; EtyAC/TUG
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| ᴹ✶tūgu > tūgh > tū | [tūgu] > [tūgo] > [tūɣo] > [tūɣ] > [tū] | ✧ Ety/TUG |