T. mapa- v. “to take hold of, grasp”

T. mapa- v. “to take hold of, grasp”

References ✧ VT47/7

Glosses

• “take hold of, grasp” ✧ VT47/7

Related

• mapa- is probably a deliberate variation of √NAP ✧ VT47/7

Cognates

• ᴹQ. mapa- “to grasp, seize”

Derivations

• < √MAP “take away, take hold of, grasp” ✧ VT47/7
  • < MAP, older [and incorrect] theory ✧ VT47/7
• < T. mapa “hand” ✧ VT47/7
  • < mapa, a more likely theory ✧ VT47/7
  • < ✶makwā “a hand-full, complete hand with all five fingers” ✧ PE23/144 (makwā); VT47/6; VT47/7; VT47/19
    • < √MAK “strike; cut, hew with a sharp edge; kill, slay; forge metal” ✧ VT47/19 (MAK)
      • < MAK, [per editors, this derivation was rejected] ✧ VT47/19
  • < √MAP “take away, take hold of, grasp” ✧ VT47/20