Re: "stump," "stub," "shortened," "stunted," "blunt"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tolgs001" <george_st@...> wrote:

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> >In meanwhile, I remember the other word related to curr and cung. It
> >is word cub 'bobtailed, with a docked tail',
>
> Hm, this one looks like it might be akin to German Zopf [tsopf].
>
> >cub-ak 'stubble', cub-an 'wearing clothes cut short: in short pants';
>
> Could be the latter related to Bulgarian zabun? (Is there a
> Turkish equivalent zIbIn?) But these are... long clothes.
>
> George

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Turkish zebun 'weak, thin, sick' is a loan from Persian zebu:n.