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Ancient Greek
Etymology
No known cognates, therefore probably from Pre-Greek. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *kewb(ʰ)- (“to bend, bulge; protrusion, hill, bowl”) (cf. Proto-Slavic *kubъ (“bucket”), perhaps also Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “hollow in the hips”)), but the presence of *b is suspicious and the semantics are distant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ký.bɛː/ → /ˈcy.βi/ → /ˈci.vi/
Noun
κῠ́βη • (kúbē) f (indeclinable)
- (hapax) head
Usage notes
Cited as the etymon of κυβιστάω (kubistáō, “tumble head-first”) in the Etymologicum Magnum.
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