Various Guanche words

From: tgpedersen
Message: 32122
Date: 2004-04-21

From Espinosa/Markham: The Guanches of Tenerife

Some of the more interesting items from the chapter on "Guanche
words":

abcanabac "possibly the dog apparition"
achu-canac name of an apparition like a large dog
cancha dog [related to Sp. cachorro?]

ac, ach, t, ta definite article [as Berber]
acaman the sun-god
amen sun [= Egypt. Amon?]
amen a coran sun-god
coran man

afaro grain [cf the *bh/p-r/l- "crossing, life, grain" words]

aguere a lake [*akW- ?]

ara goat
cabuco goat fold [*kapr- ?]

cel moon [sel-? no words with se- are listed]


Pronouns
e-c e-g I - first person
i genitive, second person
era, iera your


written as printed

Torsten