*kam

RAINBOW

Notes

The Burmish languages show hesitation in the position of articulation of the final nasal. This root requires further confirmation.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Liangmeiting#6312 NEIA *t(s)iŋ ‘CELESTIAL / SKY / WEATHER’PCN *tsiŋ ‘CELESTIAL / SKY / WEATHER’PTk *tsiŋ ‘SKY / HEAVEN / RAIN’◦kham◦bammorpheme ‘rainbow’Marrison 67 Naga

2.2Newar1

Newarkam◦pamorpheme◦limmorpheme◦pamorpheme ‘rainbow’Genetti 90 NeQ3

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Kulungrikmorpheme◦tomorpheme◦komˍ ‘rainbow’Rai 75 Kul

6.1.1Burmish3

Achang (Xiandao)l̥ɿ⁵⁵morphemeɲ̊ɔʔ⁵⁵morphemel̥aŋ³¹#6003 PTB *laŋ ‘RAINBOW’kam⁵⁵ n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.29

Langsu (Luxi)ɣɔʔ³¹morphemekaŋ³⁵saŋ³¹#6011 PTB *sa(k/ŋ) ‘RAINBOW’ŋjɔ̃³¹#6007 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘RAINBOW’ n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.31

Leqi (Luxi)sə̱ŋ⁵⁵#6011 PTB *sa(k/ŋ) ‘RAINBOW’jaŋ³³#6007 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘RAINBOW’jɔ³¹morphemekan³³ n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.33

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Mojiang)ɣo̱²¹morphemekᴀ̃⁵⁵ ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.26

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6013, *kam ‘RAINBOW’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6013

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6013,
  title  = {{*kam 'RAINBOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6013},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6013}
}