*hu(u)m

CLENCH / CLASP (in the fist)

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinhu(u)m VanBik 09 PKC: 705

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Tiddimhum¹ ‘hold in the fist’VanBik 09 PKC: 705

Tiddimhum¹ v‘hold in the fist’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 509

Tiddimhum¹ ‘hold in the fist’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)hûum-I, hǔum-II ‘clench or clasp in the fist’VanBik 09 PKC: 705

Lai (Falam)húum-I, hùum-II ‘hold in the fist’VanBik 09 PKC: 705

Lushai [Mizo]hǔum v‘hold shut up in the hand, to hold in the palm of the closed hand, to clasp, to clench or close (the hand or fist)’VanBik 09 PKC: 705

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4705, *hu(u)m ‘CLENCH / CLASP (in the fist)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4705

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

References: PKC #705

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4705,
  title  = {{*hu(u)m 'CLENCH / CLASP (in the fist)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4705},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4705}
}