Word form
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lubni |
LWT meaning(s) |
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Czech translation
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prostitutka, nevěstka; děvka, kurva, šlapka etc. |
Hungarian translation
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örömlány; kurva |
Grammatical info
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noun, feminine |
Comments on word
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The root lub- is also found in the Selice Romani words lub-ipe ’whoredom; adultery’ and lub-ikán-o ‘voluptuous etc.’ (see LWT). |
Analyzability
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semi-analyzable |
Gloss
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lub-n-i [ROOT-F-INFLECTION] |
Age
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Old Indo-Aryan [9]
(-1900–-500)
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Early Romani reconstruction
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*lub-n-í F |
Boretzky & Igla's etymology
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170: cognate with Pali lubbhati < OIA lubhyati ‘gierig sein’ |
Mānušs et al. etymology
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83: < OIA lobhanīja ‘tempting, alluring, suggestive; seductive, seducing; attractive’ |
Vekerdi's etymology
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104: perhaps < Slavic ljub- |