Do you think the idea behind ahtumat may have been that it is the 'worker's meal', meaning the main meal for those who usually work through the day and only have a fast lunch at midday? (ahto coming from KAT) Or is the first part of the compound an unrelated, unknown morpheme - we'll probably never know.
If the former, then are ahtumat and sanguma pointing to an o > ua > u change at compound boundaries? (I may be banging on a wide open door here if this has been long established).
+Christopher Gilson interesting thought! I've also noticed that G authmadri "midday meal" has a similar shape; probably not related grammatically, but maybe the older word influenced the later one somehow.
ܤܡܝ ܦܠܕܢܝܘܤ Feb 05, 2018 (19:17)
Tamas Ferencz Feb 05, 2018 (19:19)
Ицхак Пензев Feb 05, 2018 (19:34)
Tamas Ferencz Feb 05, 2018 (19:56)
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Christopher Gilson Feb 14, 2018 (02:30)
Tamas Ferencz Feb 14, 2018 (09:28)
I've also noticed that G authmadri "midday meal" has a similar shape; probably not related grammatically, but maybe the older word influenced the later one somehow.