*hom

SWELL

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

The stronghold of this etymon is the Kiranti group, although there is also a good Karbi cognate. The gloss of Karbi ham-bi ‘kidney, ankle bone, kneecap’ seems strange at first glance, but becomes clear in collocations: kengphu a-ham-bi ‘kneecap’ (lit. “knee’s rounded part”) and keng ham-bi ‘ankle bone’ (lit. “foot’s rounded part”). Cf. VSTB: 222-223.

Reflexes & cognates29 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.5Mikir [Karbi]3

Mikir [Karbi]ham-bi#2120 PTB *pi(l/r) ‘KIDNEY’PTani *krat¹-pjɯl ‘KIDNEY’ ‘kidney, anklebone, kneecap’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (2)

Mikir [Karbi]ham◦bi#2120 PTB *pi(l/r) ‘KIDNEY’PTani *krat¹-pjɯl ‘KIDNEY’ ‘kidney’Marrison 67 Naga

Mikir [Karbi]ham◦bi#2120 PTB *pi(l/r) ‘KIDNEY’PTani *krat¹-pjɯl ‘KIDNEY’ ‘kidney’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3Kiranti1

*Kirantihom- v.‘swell’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti5

Athpare (Rai)hom-emorpheme ‘swell, rise (sun)’Ebert 97 Athpare

Athpare (Rai)hom◦mamorpheme ‘swell, rise (sun)’Ebert 97 Athpare

Limbuhɔmt- v.‘swell up, become edemic’Michailovsky 89 Lm

Limbuhɔmt- v.‘swell’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

Yakhahom◦maːsuffix v.‘swell / be swollen’Kohn 90: 12.4

2.3.2Southern Kiranti12

Bantawahom ‘swell up’Rai 85 BnDs

Bantawahom- v.‘swell’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

Bantawahom- v.i.‘swell’Rai 84 BnDc: 30

Bantawahoms- v.‘cause to swell’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

Bantawahom◦awo ‘swollen’Rai 84 BnDc: 30

Bantawahop ‘swell up’Rai 85 BnDs

Bantawahopt- v.‘blister’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

Bantawahopʈ- v.‘swell’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

Chamlinghom-asuffix v.‘swell’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

Kulunghəm- v.‘swell’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

Kulunghəm-asuffix v.‘swell’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Khaling√hom- v.‘swell’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

2.3.4Western Kiranti8

Bahinghomd- v.‘swell’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

Sunwarhom- v.‘swell’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

Sunwar√ᴸhom- v.‘swell’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

Thulunghom- v.‘swell’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

Thulunghom- v.‘swell’Allen 75

Thulunghom◦simorpheme ‘cucumber’Allen 75

Thulunghop◦cimorpheme◦umumorpheme ‘swelling’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 175

Thulunghop◦cimorpheme◦umumorpheme ‘boil, swelling’Allen 75

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1856, *hom ‘SWELL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1856

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

References: BM

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1856,
  title  = {{*hom 'SWELL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1856},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1856}
}