հունքուբունք

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Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The basic meaning of the compound is ‘bottom and base’, from հուն (hun) +‎ ու (u) +‎ բուն (bun).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

հունքուբունք (hunkʻubunkʻ)

  1. (dialectal) the essence of something, all the details of a deed
  2. (dialectal) the entire family/tribe and origin of somebody

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References[edit]

  • հունքուբունք”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 425