cebolla/tipula/kipula

[Rick Mc Callister]

	In Lapesa's Historia de la lengua española I came across
Basque tipula, kipula "onion" < cepulla
The Spanish form is cebolla

	The question is why tipula?
	Was it borrowed at a time when /ke-, ki-/ was in the process of
changing to /ce-, ci-/>? and both pronunciations were in use i.e. *kepulla,
*cepulla
	Was the word borrowed from 2 different dialects of Romance? or at
two different times by different dialects of basque?
	Or did /ki-/ > /ti-/ occur later in Basque?

Rick Mc Callister
W-1634
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus MS 39701