βάρυκα
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Messapic, possibly closely related to Albanian bark (“belly”).[1] Likely a formation from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“pierce, strike”),[2] or of *bʰer- (“to carry”).[1]
Noun
[edit]βάρυκα • (báruka)
- (hapax) genitals (in Taranto); pin
- [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Β:
- βάρ[υ]κα· αἰδοῖον παρὰ Ταραντίνοις. καὶ περόνη
- bár[u]ka; aidoîon parà Tarantínois. kaì perónē
- bár[u]ka: the genitals among Tarantins. and pin]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bark”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 18
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βάρ<υ>κα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202