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PS
*ˁVnḳ- - neck
(SED I No. 15; Kogan 2011: 216)
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Akkadian
unḳu
- neck
(CAD U–W 171, AHw. 1422)
is an Aramaism
Akkadian
unḳu
- ring
(CAD U–W 167, AHw. 1422)
An original Akk. lexeme which may be related to PS *ˁVnḳ- with a meaning shift from ‘necklace’, see SED I No. 15, Kogan 2011:216. Note, however, that unqu means ‘fingerring’.
Ugaritic
ˁnḳ
- neck-chain(?)
(DUL 170)
Hebrew
ˁănāḳ
- neck-chain
(HALOT 859)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ˁinḳā
- neck, throat
(DJPA 399)
Syriac
ˁeḳḳā
- necklace
(LSyr. 541, SL 1128)
Mandaic
anḳia
- nooses, loops, holes (in a fish-net) (prob.)
(MD 27)
Arabic
ˁunq-
- neck
(BK 2 387, Lane 2175)
Geez
ˁanaḳa
- to carry around the neck
(CDG 64)
may be related
Tigrinya
maˁnäḳya
- specie di collana d'argento molto stretta (kind of very tight silver necklace)
(TED 1883, Basssano 1918: 117)