κοτύλη

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Furnée asserted a relation to Latin catīnus (flat dish), claiming that the deviation in vowel and formation suggests that they are independent loans from a third party, and adducing κόνδυ (kóndu, cup) and κονδύλιον (kondúlion), with the observation that -υλη (-ulē) is a well-known suffix in Pre-Greek. A widespread wanderword is also probable given Sanskrit कुन्तल (kuntala, drinking-cup). कन्दु (kandu, vessel), करताल (karatāla, cymbals), and other nearby forms.

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Noun

κοτῠ́λη (kotúlēf (genitive κοτῠ́λης); first declension

  1. small vessel, cup
  2. (anatomy) socket of a joint
  3. liquid measure, nearly a half-pint
  4. hollow of the hand
  5. (in the plural) cymbals

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