*(g/k)um

DIE / KILL

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleguMinitialgrhymeu(m/p)coverK · NT

Connections

HPTB*gum ⪤ *kum ‘die / kill’p. 308

Notes

The WT-Chinese comparison was suggested in STC p.175. No further confirmation of this etymon has yet been found.

Chinese comparandum

戡 OC *k’əm, GSR #658q ‘vanquish; kill’; Coblin 86:100 ST *khum > OC *khəm; Schuessler 2007:330 *khə̂m; Mand. kān.
𢦟 OC *k’əm, GSR #651v ‘kill’; Mand. kān.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 3 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmangum ⪤ kum ‘die / kill’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 592

2.1.2.1Tibetan5

Tibetan (Written)bkum pf.‘kill, slaughter’Benedict 72 STC: 175n464

Tibetan (Written)gum-pɑsuffix ‘die’Chou 72: 645a

Tibetan (Written)gums pf.‘die’Chou 72: 645a

Tibetan (Written)ḥgum-pasuffix ‘die’Benedict 72 STC: 175n464

Tibetan (Written)ḥgum-pɑsuffix ‘die; kill’Jäschke 1881: p.94

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)kʻəm/kʻɑ̥̂m ‘vanquish / kill’Chou 72: 651v

Chinese (Old/Mid)kʻəm/kʻɑ̥̂m ‘vanquish / kill’Chou 72: 658q

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3300, *(g/k)um ‘DIE / KILL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3300

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

References: cf. HPTB pp.307-8

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3300,
  title  = {{*(g/k)um 'DIE / KILL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3300},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3300}
}