σικύα

Etymology
For plant names in -ύα, compare,. The Hesychius gloss, as well as the toponym /, shows an alternation σικ-/σεκ-, which cannot be explained from an Indo-European point of view, but rather from /. Together with the forms, and , as well as 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 it seems that we are dealing with a Wanderwort that might also have Semitic and Kartvelian cognates, like 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) bottle gourd, syn.
 * 2) gourd used as a calabash
 * 3) cupping-instrument, because it was shaped like a gourd
 * 1) cupping-instrument, because it was shaped like a gourd