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STEDT #5712

*kam

WORK
Indo-Aryan · provisional

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 12 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani3

Miri, Hillkam-rimorpheme-namsuffix ‘work’Simon 76 Miri
Nishingkam-rimorpheme ‘work’Das Gupta 69 Daf

1.1.2Deng8

Darang [Taraon]ka:m n‘work (duty)’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]ka:m◦jimorpheme ‘serve (to work)’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]kɯm³⁵jɑ³¹morpheme v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.22
Darang [Taraon]kɯm³⁵jɑ³¹morpheme ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.49
Kaman [Miju]kɑm³⁵ji³¹morpheme v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.23
Kaman [Miju]kɑm³⁵ji³¹morpheme ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.48
Idukɑ³¹mu⁵⁵ ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.50
Yidukɑ³¹mu⁵⁵ v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.25

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

1.7.1.1Bodo3

Bodokam v‘work’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodokam◦animorpheme ‘work / business’Bhat 68 Boro
Kokborokkam ‘work’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.3Koch1

Atongkam n‘work, wealth’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.1.4Deori2

Deori/Deurikam ‘work [As.]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri
Deori/Deurikam nõmorpheme-nimorpheme v.‘work [As. + n -]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Changkam◦sileimorpheme n‘work’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.1Western Himalayish4

Kanaurikam◦öṅmorpheme n‘work / deed’Bailey 11
Kanaurikam◦öṅmorpheme lanmigʻmorpheme v‘work’Bailey 11
Rongpoka:m n.‘work’[Source note] (IA).Sharma 2003: 626

2.1.4Tamangish1

Tamang (Sahu)'kaːm sehŋmorpheme-pasuffix v.‘work’Taylor 72 TmVo: 17.A.23

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang7

Chepangkam n.‘work (<N kam)’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangkam bhaŋʔmorpheme- va.‘wasted (work)’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangkam bhesmorpheme- va.‘be much work’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangkam dəŋmorpheme- va.‘heavy or long-lasting (work)’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangkam jaŋʰmorpheme-samorpheme ‘work’Caughley 72 CVoc: 6.B.1. 23
Chepangkam thesmorpheme- vt.‘able to finish work quickly’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangkam thyosmorpheme- vt.‘do much work’Caughley 00 Chepang

6.1.2Loloish1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5712, *kam ‘WORK’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5712
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: LL
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5712,
  title  = {{*kam 'WORK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5712},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5712}
}