Re: hoopoe

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

>
> Okay, it looks like your hoopoe may fly yet
> So add Spanish tocar, French toucher to this
> If the root is in IE, AA and Altaic, then try the
> others: Uralic, Caucasian, Georgian, Sumerian,
> Dravidian et al.
> See how far your hoopoe can fly
> BTW: By Starostin --do you mean Altaic?
>

Orël, Stol'bova:

2481 *t.u(m)f- "fill, be full"
Sem *t.Vp- "be full": Akk tapa:pu.
WCh *t.umf- "fill up": Hs tumfaye.
Secondary nasal infix?

2482 *t.up- "jump"
Sem *t.Vp- "jump": Hbr t.pp.
HEC *t.op(p)- "jump": Had t.opp-.
Omot *t.up(p)- "run away" 1, "jump" 2: Kaf t.up- 1, Mch t.up.p.i- 2.

cf. tomber, tumble etc


Torsten