Kamum

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Kamum arabice ciminum.


Apparatus:

Kammuʒ e | Kamum C | Kainũ B {'m' misread as 'in'} | Kauum f {'m' misread as 'uu'}

A and D have collapsed the entries: Kamum arabice ciminum + Kanabis grece canabs > Kanabis ... arabice ciminũ (ciminum D) AD {copying error}.


Translation:

Kamum is Arabic for Latin ciminum {"cumin"}.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﻛﻤﻮﻥ /kammūn/ "cumin" (Cuminum cyminum L.; bot.). Siggel (1950: 64): ﻛﻤﻮﻥ /kammūn/ Fr. v. Cuminum cyminum (Umb.), Kreuzkümmel {i.e. "cumin"}.


See also: Cuminum, Quemum


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