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STEDT #3449

*kam

DOOR

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlekaminitialkrhymeamcoverK · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*khaːm ‘DOOR’PCN #119

Tangkhulic*kʰɐm ‘DOOR’DRM#445

Notes

This root appears both in Naga languages and in Burmish. Among the cognates are words meaning ‘open’ or ‘close’, but this seems reasonable given that doors may be either opened or closed in a Janus-like way.

Reflexes & cognates35 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)14

*Central Nagakhaːm Bruhn 14 PCN: III.119

Lotha Nagakhan³- v.‘close, shut’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.119

Lotha Nagakhan³khan³ n.‘door (bamboo)’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.119

Lotha Nagahanmorpheme◦kha ‘door’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagakhan ‘shut’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagakhan◦asuffix ‘shut’Murry 78: 112

Sangtamkhang◦thrumorpheme v.‘open’Kumar 73 Sang

Sangtamkhang◦thrumorpheme◦chosuffix ‘open’Kumar 73 Sang

Sangtamkhang◦timorpheme ‘shut’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamkhang◦trumorpheme v‘open’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamkumorpheme◦khang ‘door’Kumar 73 Sang

Sangtamkumorpheme◦khang ‘door’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrükhim◦shuhmorpheme ‘open’Kumar 73 Yim: 39

Yimchungrüthiprefix◦yam#1612 PTB *k-y(i/u)m ‘HOUSE’PKC *ʔim ‘HOUSE’PCN *a-jam ‘HOUSE / VILLAGE’PTk *ʃim ‘HOUSE’TGTM *ᴮdim ‘HOUSE’PLB *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PL *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PKar *hyi[m] ‘HOUSE’◦khim ‘door’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Ntenyiazümorpheme◦kam ‘door’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group6

Khoiraokamorpheme◦kam ‘door’Marrison 67 Naga

Liangmeinkham ‘door’Marrison 67 Naga

Maramka◦kam ‘door’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeikaimorpheme◦khüm ‘door’Marrison 67 Naga

Zemengkam ‘door’Marrison 67 Naga

Mziemekimorpheme◦kam ‘door’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic4

*Tangkhulickʰɐm ‘door’Mortensen 12 Tk: 445

Huishuʔamorpheme-kʰɐm-tʰu ‘door’Mortensen 12 Tk: Implements.021

Kachainɐŋmorpheme-kʰam ‘door’Mortensen 12 Tk: Implements.012

Ukhrulkʰam-moŋ ‘door’Mortensen 12 Tk

6.1.1Burmish12

Achang (Lianghe)khuŋ³¹ ‘door’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Luxi)khɔm⁵⁵ ‘door’Dai 85 AcJZ

Bola (Luxi)kham³⁵ n‘door’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0514.32

Bola (Luxi)kham³⁵ma³¹morpheme n‘door (front) / door (entrance)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0516.32

Langsu (Luxi)kham³⁵ n‘door’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0514.31

Langsu (Luxi)kham³⁵m⁵⁵morpheme n‘door (front) / door (entrance)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0516.31

Leqi (Luxi)khɔm⁵⁵ n‘door’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0514.33

Leqi (Luxi)khɔm⁵⁵mo⁵⁵morpheme n‘door (front) / door (entrance)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0516.33

Maru [Langsu]kham³⁵ ‘door’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 353.43

Atsi [Zaiwa]khum²¹ n‘door’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0514.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]khum²¹ ‘door’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 353.42

Atsi [Zaiwa]khum²¹mo⁵⁵morpheme n‘door (front) / door (entrance)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0516.30

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3449, *kam ‘DOOR’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3449

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

References: not same as kha opening

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3449,
  title  = {{*kam 'DOOR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3449},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3449}
}