Re: Comet

>kon.t.ai tuft, dressing of hair in large coil on the head, one of
>aim.-pa_n--mut.i (Ta.); kon.t.a (Ma.); kon.d.e (Te.); gon.d.e
>(Ka.Tu.)(Ta.lex.) jhut.i a hair-knot (Santali.lex.)

In Hungarian, <konty> "knot, bob of hair; bun" (the "y" in
writing after the "t" is only to show that the "t" is a
palatal sound, and not an usual [t])

>kopa coil of a woman's hair (Kui);

George

PS: BTW, is it certain that Lat. coma is a Greek
loanword (kome)?