The Ancient Macedonian word γαβαλά
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| IPA | ghabala |
| Meaning | brain, head |
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The etymology of this word is disputed This word has an uncertain classification |
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Ancient Macedonian: κεβαλή
‘head’ Ancient Macedonian: κεβλή ‘head’ Proto-Indo-European: ghebʰ(e)l- ‘head, skull’ |
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Might have existed parallelly with κεβλή/κεβαλή (See Hoffman). Word with no ethnicon (could be Illyrian, Thracian or Phrygian) in Hesychius list, assumed Macedonian. Štastný (1906) considers it Thracian. Hatzidakis rejects its relation to κεβαλά / κεβλή. Most probably not Macedonian. |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| ἀβαρκνᾷ ‘hair’, ἀβροῦτες ‘eyebrows’, βίῥῥοξ ‘shaggy, hairy, dense’, λαυκανία ‘throat, neck, tongue’ | |