kaneeco

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *knʕ (“insect that stings”). Cognate with El Molo kenete (“mosquito”), Oromo kanniisa (“bee”). Perhaps shinni (“bee”) is also from this root.[1]

Noun

kaneeco f

  1. mosquito

References

  • Puglielli, A., & Mansuur, C. C. (2012). "Qaamuuska Af‒Soomaaliga" (in Somali). Roma: Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, page 497
  1. ^ Peust, C. (2008). "Some Cushitic Etymologies". Dalam G. Takács (Ed.), Semito‑Hamitic Festschrift for A. B. Dolgopolsky and H. Jungraithmayr. Berlin, page 260
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