*ka-y/w/m

EAT

Reconstruction analysis

handleka-y/wprefixNinitialkrhymea-y/wsuffixy/wcoverK · VW

Notes

This putative root has reflexes with open syllables, as well as syllables with final semivowel or -m. Further confirmation is required to assure the authenticity of all these variants.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 8 subgroups

2.1.2Bodic2

Tsangla (Motuo)kam ‘eat’Sun H 80 MLD

Tsangla (Motuo)kam⁵⁵ v‘eat (vegetables)’Zhang Jichuan 86

2.1.4Tamangish2

Tamang (Risiangku)²kaː v‘eat’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 3.7.6

Tamang (Risiangku)²kaː ‘eat up, stuff oneself (slang)’Mazaudon 94 These: 14

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Bahingkham◦dsuffix- v.‘eat (curries, not grain)’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 30

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Chepangkaw-samorpheme ‘eat’Caughley 72 CVoc: 7.B.2. 27

3.2Qiangic4

Guiqiongkuə³⁵ ‘eat’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1198.16

Guiqiongkuə³⁵ v.‘peck at (rice; of a chicken)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1814.16

Guiqiongkø³⁵ ‘eat’Sun H 91 GuiQ

Guiqiongkø³⁵ ‘eat’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 533.17

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1707, *ka-y/w/m ‘EAT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1707

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: Qiangish, Nungish, Himalayish

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1707,
  title  = {{*ka-y/w/m 'EAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1707},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1707}
}