Cirn ili ndi miyala ndi miyala yambiri yosiyanasiyana imene inakanizidwa mwadongosolo kapena yosasunthika mwachangu, mwachitsanzo, popanda matope kapena wothandizira, kuti apange chizindikiro chowonekera kapena choyimira. Maonekedwe a cairns, ndi zifukwa za chilengedwe chawo, zimasiyanasiyana.
Kuwonekera, kanyumba kamene kamakhala ndi miyala yochepa yomwe imapanga mulu waung'ono mpaka mazana mazana ambiri a miyala omwe amafanana ndi mapiri ndipo amachititsa malo, monga a Loughcrew a ku Ireland, malo oikidwa m'manda akale ozungulira 3000 BC
Anthu amanga zipilala zaka zikwi zambiri kuti azindikire njira zoyendayenda kapena kusaka; chifukwa chachipembedzo, zakuthambo kapena chitetezo; ndipo onse awiri amalemekeza akufa ndikuwonetsa malo amanda, pakati pa zifukwa zina.
Cirn yotchuka, yamakono imakhala m'munsi mwa K2, phiri lachiwiri la padziko lapansi. Mu 1953, dziko la America linayesa kugonjetsa msonkhano womwe unalipobe mpaka pano pamene Art Gilkey adadwala ndipo pomalizira pake anafa ngakhale kuti anayesetsa kuti apulumutse moyo wake.
Cirn yomwe inakhazikitsidwa m'munsi mwa K2 poyamba inali chikumbutso kwa Gilkey (omwe matupi ake anatayika mpaka 1993), koma tsopano ndi chikumbutso kwa wophunzira aliyense yemwe ataya moyo wake pamene akuyesera kugonjetsa phirilo. Ambiri omwe amazunzidwawa amaikidwa pamanda pa chikumbutso cha Gilkey.
Mawu Oyamba
Liwu lachingelezi lamakono la cairn limachokera ku mawu a Scottish akuti "carne," omwe amachokera ku liwu la Gaulish "carn," kutanthauza "mulu wa miyala kapena phiri lamwala." N'kutheka kuti mawu akuti cairn amagawira chilankhulidwe cha chilankhulo ndi mawu akuti "nyanga," yomwe imatchedwa "karnon" m'Chigiriki ndi "cornu" mu Chilatini.
Mafananidwe
Kawirikawiri, cairn imatchedwa manda kapena manda, ngakhale kuti izi ndizolemba zolakwika chifukwa zonse zimakhala ndi miyala / miyala ndi nthaka kapena dothi.
> Zotsatira:
> "cairn (n.)." Online Etymology Dictionary. Inabweranso pa April 13, 2015. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=cairn
> "nyanga (n.)." Online Etymology Dictionary. Inabweranso pa April 13, 2015. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=horn