S. mâb n. “hand” (Category: Hand)

S. mâb, n. “hand, [N.] grasp” (Category: Hand)

References ✧ VT47/6-7, 19-20

Glosses

• “hand” ✧ VT47/7; VT47/19
• “usual word for hand” ✧ VT47/20

Variations

• mâb ✧ VT47/6; VT47/7; VT47/19; VT47/20

Related

• cam “(cupped) hand, holding hand; handful”

Inflections

mab-

stem

✧ VT47/6

Element In

• ᴺS. ^mablanthas “sycamore”
• ᴺS. mabren “handed, having hands, dextrous”
• S. Mablung “Heavy Hand” ✧ VT47/8

Cognates

• Q. maqua “hand-full, group of five (similar) things; hand (colloquial); closing or closed [hand] (facing down) for taking” ✧ VT47/6; VT47/19; VT47/20 (măqua)
• T. mapa “hand” ✧ VT47/6; VT47/19; VT47/20 (mapo)

Derivations

• < ✶makwā “a hand-full, complete hand with all five fingers” ✧ VT47/6; VT47/7; VT47/19
  • < √MAK “cut, hew with a sharp edge; kill, slay; forge metal” ✧ VT47/19 (MAK)
    • < MAK, [per editors, this derivation was rejected] ✧ VT47/19
• < √MAP “take away, take hold of, grasp” ✧ VT47/20
  • < măpo < MAP ✧ VT47/20

Phonetic Developments

✶makwā > mâb	[makwā] > [mapā] > [mapa] > [map] > [mab] > [māb]	✧ VT47/6
✶makwā > mâb	[makwā] > [mapā] > [mapa] > [map] > [mab] > [māb]	✧ VT47/7
✶makwā > mâb	[makwā] > [mapā] > [mapa] > [map] > [mab] > [māb]	✧ VT47/19
√MAP > măpo > mâb	[mapo] > [map] > [mab] > [māb]	✧ VT47/20

N. mab n. “grasp”

Reference ✧ EtyAC/MAP ✧ “grasp”

Element In

• N. Mablothren “*Empty-handed”

Cognates

• Ilk. mâb “hand” ✧ EtyAC/MAP (mâb)

Derivations

• < ᴹ√MAP “lay hold of with hand, seize” ✧ EtyAC/MAP (MAPA)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MAPA > mab

[mapa] > [map] > [mab]

✧ EtyAC/MAP

ᴱN. mab n. “hand” (Category: Hand)

References ✧ LB/56; PE13/124, 149, 156

Glosses

• “hand” ✧ LB/56; PE13/124; PE13/149

Variations

• mab ✧ LB/56; PE13/124; PE13/149

Inflections

maib	plural		✧ PE13/124
#vab	soft-mutation; b-mutation	“hand”	✧ PE13/156

Element In

• ᴱN. Mablui “Pale-handed” ✧ LB/55; PE13/149
• ᴱN. Mablung “Heavyhand”
• ᴱN. i·mab buig “the clean hand” ✧ PE13/124
• ᴱN. i·maib fuig(ir) “the clean hands” ✧ PE13/124
• ᴱN. orvab “handless” ✧ PE13/156

G. mab n. “hand(s)” (Category: Hand)

References ✧ GG/10-11, 15; GL/34, 55, 57; LT2A/Ermabwed

Glosses

• “hand” ✧ GG/15; LT2A/Ermabwed; GL/55 (mab)
• “hands” ✧ GL/55

Variations

• mab ✧ GG/11; GG/15; GL/55; GL/57; LT2A/Ermabwed; GL/55 (mab)

Related

• mab “hand” cf. ᴱQ. mapa “seize” ✧ GL/55
• mab “hands” [is the] irregular, dual [of] mô “hand” ✧ GL/55
• ᴱQ. mapa “seize” ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed
• mô “hand” see under mab ✧ GL/57

Changes

• mabid >> mabwid “hands” ✧ GG/11
• mab “hand” >> mab “hands” ✧ GL/55

Inflections

mabid	dative dual		✧ GG/11
mabwid	dative dual	“hands”	✧ GG/11
mabir	dative plural	“hands”	✧ GG/11
gomabwi	dual		✧ GG/10
mabwi	dual	“(a pair of) hands, the hands of one person”	✧ GG/10
mabion	genitive plural	“hands”	✧ GL/34
mabin	plural	“hands”	✧ GG/15
mabin	plural		✧ GL/55

Element In

• G. mablad “palm of the hand” ✧ GL/55 (mablod); LT2A/Ermabwed
• G. Mablui “Hand of Snow”
• G. mabrin(d) “wrist” ✧ GL/55; LT2A/Ermabwed
• G. i·fast·a·mabion “washing of hands [before meat]” ✧ GL/34
• G. mabin glossi “white hands” ✧ GG/15
• G. mabinos “plane tree, sycamore” ✧ GL/55
• G. mablios “cunning” ✧ GL/55; LT2A/Ermabwed
• G. mab ’loss “a white hand” ✧ GG/15
• G. Mablung “Heavy-hand(ed)” ✧ LT2A/Mablung
• G. mabol “skillful” ✧ GL/55; LT2A/Ermabwed
• G. mabwed “handed, having hands, dextrous” ✧ GL/55; LT2A/Ermabwed
• G. mavlant “*palm (of hand)” ✧ GL/55
• G. nôbi i·mab ’len suila ontha “*he took the slender hand of his daughter” ✧ GG/11
• G. ôni cailthi a·mabwid glen irtha “he pressed a kiss upon her slender hands” ✧ GG/11
• G. ôni cailthi mabir gleni nan·hirilion “he kissed the slender hands of the ladies” ✧ GG/11

Derivations

• < ᴱ√MAPA “seize” ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed