ᴹQ. halatir(no) (halatirn-) n. “kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher” (Category: Bird (other))
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as halatir(no) “fish-watcher, kingsfisher”, a combination of ᴹQ. hala “fish” and an agental form ᴹQ. tirno “watcher” of the root ᴹ√TIR “watch” (Ety/SKAL², TIR). Fish-watcher is the literal translation of the name, and kingfisher is the name of the terrestrial species.
References ✧ Ety/KHAL¹, SKAL², TIR
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| halatirnen | genitive | ✧ Ety/TIR |
Elements
| hala | “(small) fish” | ✧ Ety/KHAL¹ (hala); Ety/SKAL² | |
| #tir- | “to watch” | ||
| ᴹ√TIR | “watch, guard” | ✧ Ety/SKAL² | |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ > halatir | [kʰalatirno] > [kʰalatirn] > [xalatirn] > [halatirn] > [halatir] | ✧ Ety/TIR |