pȧda

See also: pada and paḍa

Nihali

Etymology

Within the controversial Nostratic theory, Kuiper suggests a Nostratic root *p'at'a ("to beat") as the source of this and Proto-Semitic *√p˖t˖t (“to break into small pieces”), Proto-Kartvelian *petk- (“to explode, to beat (of heart)”), and Proto-Altaic *p'at'V (“compare Proto-Tungusic *pāt- ("to strike, hit"), Proto-Turkic *at- (“to beat”)”).^[1]

Verb

pȧda

to kill

Alternative forms

paḍa

References

↑ Mother Tongue: Journal of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory, Volumes 1-3. The Association, 1995: 65.

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[1] Mother Tongue: Journal of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory, Volumes 1-3. The Association, 1995: 65.