*ɗum

BLACK / BLUE

Proto-Kuki-Chin

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinɗum VanBik 09 PKC: 62

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Paitedum ‘black’VanBik 09 PKC: 62

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)dü ‘blue of a dark color, to be deep blue’VanBik 09 PKC: 62

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Hakha)dûm-I, dǔm-II be v.‘black (color), dark blue’VanBik 09 PKC: 62

Lai (Falam)dǔm-I, dùm-II be v.‘black (color)’VanBik 09 PKC: 62

Lushai [Mizo]dum ‘black’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]dúm ‘black, blue (as sky, sea), purple (as distant mountains), dark (in color)’VanBik 09 PKC: 62

Lushai [Mizo]dum v‘dark (in colour)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2294

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4062, *ɗum ‘BLACK / BLUE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4062

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

References: PKC #62

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4062,
  title  = {{*ɗum 'BLACK / BLUE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4062},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4062}
}