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STEDT #656

*kum

URINE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlekuminitialkrhymeumcoverK · N

Notes

This root has so far only been found in TB languages of Nepal.

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 3 subgroups

2.1.4Tamangish18

*TGTMᴬkum ‘urine’Mazaudon 94 These: 34
Chantyalkum pirimorpheme-wamorpheme v‘urinate’Noonan 92: 9.7.2
Gurung (Ghachok)ku̥ to̥hmorpheme-bāsuffix v.‘piss’Matisoff 87 BP
Gurung (Ghachok)kũ tõhmorpheme◦basuffix ‘urinate’Glover 72 GuVo: 2.B.2.8
Manang (Gyaru)gɯn² briŋ²morpheme cᴇ¹morpheme ‘urinate’Nagano 84 Man: 042-05
Thakali (Tukche)kum punmorpheme-lɔmorpheme ‘urinate’Hari 71a ThVo: 2.B.2.8
Thakali (Tukche)kum-punmorpheme-lamorpheme v.‘piss’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.2Southern Kiranti2

Kulungchem◦luumorpheme ‘urine’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 194
Kulungchem◦luumorpheme ‘urine’Rai 75 Kul

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #656, *kum ‘URINE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/656
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-656,
  title  = {{*kum 'URINE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #656},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/656}
}