ہننگنگ

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Brahui

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian [Term?]. Cognate with Tamil அணை (aṇai, to join, copulate).

McAlpin relates it to Elamite [Term?] (/⁠han⁠/, to love), whence Old Elamite [script needed] (ha-ni-eš /⁠haneš⁠/, he loved), New Elamite [script needed] (ha-ni-ik /⁠hanik⁠/, loved), etc.[1]

Verb

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ہَنِنْگِنْگ (haningiṅg)

  1. to copulate (of human beings)

References

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  1. ^ McAlpin, David (2022) “*han”, in “Modern colloquial eastern Elamite”, in Al-Burz, volume 14, number 1, pages 64–123

Further reading

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “haninging”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 131
  • Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “120”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.