KuraKura
khurakhura- or khurukh° or °rā- , or kharukh°, kharukhar° , onomat. ( Skt. has khurukhurāyate, makes a rattling noise in the throat ; see next; cf. also Skt. ghurughurā-, Pali ghurughuru-, and ghurughurāyati snores ; the next is evidently a var. of this), imitation of a hoarse or [Page206-a] rattling sound made in the throat, characteristic of an old man: Mvy 4092 kharukharāvasaktakaṇṭhaḥ (so Mironov ; v.l. in Kyoto ed. khurukharā°), = Tib. ṅar ṅar po , hoarse, husky ; the same cpd. , in same context, LV 188.2 , all mss. but A khurukhurāv°; A kharukhurov°; Calc. khurakhurāv°; ( Lefm. kharakharāv°;) Tib. as for Mvy . Is the form beginning khar° influenced by reminiscence of khara, harsh?