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STEDT #2357

*ku(ː)m

ARCHED / VAULTED / CONCAVE / CONVEX

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleku[ː]minitialkrhymeu(ː)mcoverK · N

Connections

HPTB*ku(ː)m ‘arched / vaulted / convex / concave’p. 276

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanku(ː)m ‘arched / vaulted / convex / concave’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 597

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]kum ~ kuːm ‘concave’Benedict 72 STC: p.78

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchakum ‘arched, concave, vaulted’Benedict 72 STC: 75n231

6.1.1Burmish6

Burmese (Written)khûṁ ‘convex, arched’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)pa'#570 PTB *ba-k ‘CARRY / SHOULDER’PTani *bak ‘CARRY ON BACK’-khûm ‘shoulder’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 399

Burmese (Written)pa#570 PTB *ba-k ‘CARRY / SHOULDER’PTani *bak ‘CARRY ON BACK’◦khuṁ: ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)pu¹#570 PTB *ba-k ‘CARRY / SHOULDER’PTani *bak ‘CARRY ON BACK’khuṁ³ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.39

Burmese (Written)pɑ¹#570 PTB *ba-k ‘CARRY / SHOULDER’PTani *bak ‘CARRY ON BACK’khum³ n‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0090.26

Burmese (Written)pə#570 PTB *ba-k ‘CARRY / SHOULDER’PTani *bak ‘CARRY ON BACK’◦kûm ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2357, *ku(ː)m ‘ARCHED / VAULTED / CONCAVE / CONVEX’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2357

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

References: cf. STC pp.75, 78, HPTB p.276

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2357,
  title  = {{*ku(ː)m 'ARCHED / VAULTED / CONCAVE / CONVEX'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2357},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2357}
}