anuNg - nupa

[CATCHES VIOLET]

WHILE IT DOESN'T EXPLICTLY SAY THE WORD FOR TWO, IT IS IMPLICIT IN THE WORD,
ANUNKXA, on both sides, on each side etc, like at the top and bottom,
opposing sides, only two sides, head-tail, right-left, above-below, on
top-on bottom,
so namp anunkxa yuza  hypothetically, i went to shake the hand (one) of a
grieving person, and felt really sorry when i saw him/her, i would take
his/her hand in both of mine and slightly rub in to show my sympathy...
Violet


naNp?anuNk yuza 'to take hold of something with
both hands'.  NaNb is plainly 'hand', and yuza is 'to grab'.  AnuNk is
'on both sides' in several contexts, e.g., anuN'gwakhic^as^ka 'saddle bags',
but, >as such, seems a bit inexplicable.  It doesn't seem to involve a
morpheme for 'two'. <<


>
>I always imagined that  _anung(k)_ [anuN'g] was composed of a-nuN-k where
>the center part derived from _nupa_ [nuN'pa] -> nub -> num [nuN], the
>initial part is _a-_ (on, upon) and the _-g/k_ ending might be the
>remaining rest of some truncation process. Hence, 'on/from both sides' (?)
>
>Only recently, I was pondering on _anunkhasan_ [anuN'kh^asaN]
>'Weißkopfadler' where _anunk_ and _san_ seem pretty obvious, whereas the
>middle part _ha_ [h^a] - to me - is not. Any hints?
>
>Alfred
>

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