χέω
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λευκανία: Στόμαχος, λαιμὸς, τὸ ἀπηρτισμένον τοῦ γαργαρεῶνος· παρὰ τὸ λευκὸν εἶναι φύσει· ἢ ὅτι λίαν κέχηνεν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ χεύω χευαλία, καὶ λευκανία· καὶ διαιρεθείσης αὐτῆς, ὁ τῆς τροφῆς ἀφανίζεται πόρος
Translation (En)
Laukaniē / leukania "throat, gullet", that which is contiguous to the uvula. From its being by nature white (leukon). Or because it is very wide open (lian kekhēnen). Or from kheuō "to pour", *kheualia and laukania. And once it is pierced, the path is destroyed for food
Parallels
Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, lambda, p. 1296 (Λευκανία. ὁ λαιμὸς, ὁ στόμαχος, ὁ βρόγχος, ἢ τὸ ἀπηρτημένον τοῦ γαργαρεῶνος. παρὰ τὸ λευκὸν εἶναι τῇ φύσει. ἢ παρὰ τὸ χεύω, χευκανία καὶ λευκανία); Scholia in Oppianum, Hal. 1.755 (λευκανίηθεν· ἀπὸ τῆς λευκάνης, ἢ στόματος· λευκάνοι οἱ ὀδόντες, καὶ λευκανίηθεν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀδόντων. λευκανίηθεν· ἀπὸ τοῦ λαιμοῦ· λευκανία γὰρ ὁ λαιμὸς, λεύκανες οἱ ὀδόντες ἀπὸ τοῦ λαύω τὸ ἀπολαύω. λευκανία ὁ λαιμὸς, καὶ τὸ ἀπηρτημένον τοῦ γαργαρεῶνος παρὰ τὸ λευκὸν εἶναι φύσει· ἢ παρὰ τὸ χεύω χευκανία καὶ λευκανία, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ λῶ τὸ ἀπολαύω, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ χαίνω τὸ χάσκω, ὡς καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴω τὸ κομίζω οἰσοφάγος· ἐνταῦθα ἀπὸ τοῦ ποιοῦντος τὸ ποιούμενον· ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ λαιμοῦ ὁ λευκὸς ἀφρὸς γίνεται)
Comment
Derivational etymology starting from the Homeric (Aeolic) form χεύω for χέω "to pour". The throat is etymologized as the one into which food is poured. The etymology implies a metathesis of [kh] and [l], a change of [kh] into [k] and the addition of [n]