lanca

sharp edge (not of tools); sudden end

lanca ("k")noun "sharp edge (not of tools); sudden end" _("as e.g. a cliff-edge, or the clean edge of things made by hand or built, also used in transferred senses, as in kuivie-lankasse, literally 'on the brink of life', of a perilous situation in which one is likely to fall into death" VT42:8)_

lanca

noun. sharp edge (not of tools), sudden end

Cognates

• S. lanc “sharp edge (not of tools), sudden end” ✧ VT42/08
• T. lanca “sharp edge (not of tools), sudden end” ✧ VT42/08

Derivations

• √(G)LAN “rim, edge, border, boundary” ✧ VT42/08

Element in

• Q. cuivië-lancassë “on the brink of life” ✧ VT42/08

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√(G)LAN > lanka	[laŋka]	✧ VT42/08

Variations

• lanka ✧ VT42/08