*hnam

KISS

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinhnam VanBik 09 PKC: 894

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Thadonàm-INV ‘kiss’VanBik 09 PKC: 894

Tiddimnam³ > nap³ ‘kiss’VanBik 09 PKC: 894

Tiddimnam³ > nap³ v‘kiss’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1168

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Cho (Mindat)ngmorpheme-hngam v‘kiss, to touch noses with one another’VanBik 09 PKC: 894

Khumipnang ‘kiss (which involves sniffing rather than actual kissing), sniff, smell’VanBik 09 PKC: 894

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Falam)hnàm-I, hnâm-II ‘kiss’VanBik 09 PKC: 894

Lai (Hakha)hnǎm-I, hnamʔ-II ‘kiss’VanBik 09 PKC: 894

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4894, *hnam ‘KISS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4894

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

References: PKC #894

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4894,
  title  = {{*hnam 'KISS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4894},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4894}
}