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STEDT #2374

*kyam

COLD / SNOW / ICE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*kyam ‘snow / ice / cold’pp. 252, 532

Reflexes & cognates16 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmankyam ‘cold’Weidert 87 TBTo: 241

*Tibeto-Burmankyam ‘snow / ice / cold’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 598

*Tibeto-Burmankyam ‘cold, snow, ice’Benedict 72 STC: 224

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagakʰyəm ‘winter / cold’French 83: 580

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Changkâm ‘cold’Weidert 87 TBTo: 241

1.7.3.1Jingpho6

Jingphogyēn ‘snow / ice / frost’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 161

Jingphokhjen³³pa̱³³suffix n‘ice’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0017.19

Jingphokhjen³³pa̱³³suffix ‘ice’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 11.47

Jingphokhyēn ‘snow / ice / frost’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 161

Jingphokhyen ⪤ gyen ⪤ tśen ‘snow, ice’Benedict 72 STC: 224

Jingpho²khyen ‘snow / ice’Weidert 87 TBTo: 241

2.1.2Bodic1

Cuona Menbachem⁵⁵thi⁵³morpheme v.‘freeze / ice up’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1440.06

6.1.1Burmish8

Burmese (Written)khjɑm³ ‘cold (water)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1063.26

Burmese (Written)khyàm ‘cold’Weidert 87 TBTo: 241

Burmese (Written)khyâm ‘cool, cold’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 161

Burmese (Inscriptional)khyam ‘cold’Okell 71

Burmese (Written)khyâm ‘cool, cold’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)khyàm ‘cold, snow, ice’Benedict 72 STC: 224

Burmese (Written)khyam: ‘cold’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)khyam: ‘cold’Okell 71

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2374, *kyam ‘COLD / SNOW / ICE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2374

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

References: STC#224

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2374,
  title  = {{*kyam 'COLD / SNOW / ICE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2374},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2374}
}