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STEDT #6165

*kum

YEAR / SEASON
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*kum ‘AGE / YEAR’PKC #249
Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-kam ‘YEAR / SEASON’PCN #129
Tangkhulic*kum ‘YEAR’DRM#457

Notes

This root seems to be confined to the NE Indian areal group.

Reflexes & cognates55 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinkum ‘AGE / YEAR’VanBik 09 PKC: 249

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Tiddimkum³ ‘year, age’VanBik 09 PKC: 249
Tiddimkum³ ‘year; age’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 693
Tiddimˋkum n‘year’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin8

Chinbonkʰomorpheme.kum ‘year’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 12
Daaikʰɔmorpheme◦kum ‘year’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 12
Matukʰomorpheme◦kum ‘year’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 12
Mkaangkʰɔmorpheme◦kum ‘year’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 12
Ngmüünkʰomorpheme◦kum ‘year’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 12
Nyhmoyekʰɔmorpheme.kum ‘year’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 12

1.2.3Maraic1

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)22

*Ao(aprefix-)kəm ‘YEAR’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.069
Ao (Chungli)a²prefix-ɹi³morphemesi¹morpheme kəm¹ n.‘age’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Ao (Chungli)ja²morphemekəm² adv.‘last year’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Ao (Chungli)ta²prefixkəm³kəm¹ n.‘this year’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[a]prefix-kəm ‘year’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)saŋmorpheme◦kəm ‘next year (?be.light+year)’Coupe 07 Ao: 122
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)thamorpheme◦kəm ‘this year (now+year)’Coupe 07 Ao: 122
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)zàmorpheme◦kəm ‘last year (?+year)’Coupe 07 Ao: 122
Lotha Nagao¹prefix-kəm³ n.‘season’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.129
Lotha Naga¹oprefix³gɯm ‘summer’Weidert 87 TBTo: 485

1.3.3Zeme Group6

Khoiraoaprefix◦kum ‘year’Marrison 67 Naga
Khoiraotongmorpheme◦kum ‘year’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeitamorpheme◦kum ‘year’Marrison 67 Naga
Maramtingmorpheme◦kum ‘year’Marrison 67 Naga
Rongmei / Nruanghmeitingmorpheme◦kum ‘year’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemepatingmorpheme◦kum ‘year’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic8

Huishutsɐŋmorpheme-kɐm ‘year’Mortensen 12 Tk: Nature.019
Kachaiðɐŋmorpheme-kum ‘year’Mortensen 12 Tk: Nature.019
Tangkhulzingmorpheme◦kum ‘year’Marrison 67 Naga
Tusomzaŋmorpheme-kũ ‘year’Mortensen 12 Tk: Nature.019
Ukhrultsiŋmorpheme-kum ‘year’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei1

Meitheikum ‘year’Abbi 85

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6165, *kum ‘YEAR / SEASON’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6165
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6165,
  title  = {{*kum 'YEAR / SEASON'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6165},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6165}
}