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STEDT #692

*m-k(u/i)m

PILLOW / BLOCK / BENCH / BEDSTEAD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*kham ⪤ *khum ‘PILLOW’PKC #455

Kuki-Chin*khu(m/n) ‘BED / COUCH’PKC #422

Central Naga (Ao Group)*m-kham ‘BENCH, BLOCK / PILLOW’PCN #132

Lolo-Burmese*m-kum² ‘BLOCK / PILLOW’HPTB pp.124, 249

Connections

HPTB*ʔum ⪤ *kum ‘block / pillow’p. 57

Notes

This is one of several roots showing alternation between initial velar and glottal stop (=Ø) initial: #2252 PTB *(k/ʔ)uk BEND / CROOKED / RETURN / BACK / YEAR, #2232 PTB *ʔap ⪤ *gaːp SHOOT, #5398 PTB *k-ra(p/m) NEEDLE, etc. (cf. HPTB:57). In this case, the crucial language for establishing the alternation is Written Burmese (khuṁ ‘block’, ûṁ ‘pillow’).

The reflexes of this root also illustrate the widespread variational pattern between medial -i- and medial -u-.

Chinese comparandum

椹 OC *ti̯əm, GSR #658f ‘chopping-block’; Schuessler 2007:610 *trəm; B & S 2011: *trəm {tr[ə]m}; Mand. zhēn.
枕 OC *t̂i̯əm, GSR #656g ‘pillow’; Schuessler 2007:610-11 *kimʔ; B & S 2011: *t.kəmʔ {[t.k][ə]mʔ}; Mand. zhěn.

Reflexes & cognates148 reflexes · 35 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetankr+jum ‘pillow / block’Coblin 86: 118

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)7

*Tibeto-Burmankum n‘block / pillow’Chou 72: 656g

*Tibeto-Burmankum n.‘block’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

*Tibeto-Burmankum ‘block;pillow;bench; bedstead’Benedict 72 STC: 482

*Tibeto-Burmankum ⪤ m-kum ⪤ k(y)immorpheme ‘pillow / block’Matisoff 83 TIL: 45

*Tibeto-Burmanm-kum ‘pillow’LaPolla 87: 5

*Tibeto-Burmanm-kum ⪤ m-kim ‘block / pillow’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 597

*Tibeto-Burmanʔum ⪤ kum ‘block / pillow’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 583

1NE Indian Areal Group1

Mijiu#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-kʰɯn ‘skull; pillow’Simon 79 Miji

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Milangdum#1425 PTani *dum ‘HEAD / HAIR’-kin ‘pillow’Tayeng 76 Mil

Milangiŋprefix◦ken ‘wooden pillow’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.1.2Deng7

Darang [Taraon]di#3602 PTB *du ‘DWELL / STAY / SIT / REST / LIVE’-ta:morpheme◦kha:ng ‘sitting block’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ta:prefix◦khang ‘pillow’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]tɑ³¹prefixkhɯŋ³⁵ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.49

Darang [Taraon]tɑ³¹prefixkɯŋ³⁵ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.22

Kaman [Miju]kɑ³¹prefixxɑ̆m³⁵ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.23

Kaman [Miju]kɑ³¹prefixxɑ̆m³⁵ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.48

Kaman [Miju]kʌ́-hʌ̀m n.‘block’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

1.2Kuki-Chin2

*Chinkham ⪤ khum ‘PILLOW’VanBik 09 PKC: 455

*Chinkhum ⪤ khun ‘BED / COUCH’VanBik 09 PKC: 422

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Thadozàlmorpheme khùn ‘bed, couch’VanBik 09 PKC: 422

Tiddimlu¹#1221 PTB *k-lu ‘HEAD’PKC *luu ‘HEAD’PKar *kləɁᴰ ‘HEAD’ kham¹ ‘pillow’VanBik 09 PKC: 455

Tiddimlu¹#1221 PTB *k-lu ‘HEAD’PKC *luu ‘HEAD’PKar *kləɁᴰ ‘HEAD’ kham¹ ‘pillow’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1008

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)mprefix-khum v‘put s.th. as a pillow’VanBik 09 PKC: 455

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Falam)lu#1221 PTB *k-lu ‘HEAD’PKC *luu ‘HEAD’PKar *kləɁᴰ ‘HEAD’-khàm ‘pillow ("head pillow)’VanBik 09 PKC: 455

Lai (Hakha)ʔiʔmorpheme-khǔn n‘bed, a couch’VanBik 09 PKC: 422

Lushai [Mizo]khùm n‘bed, bedstead, a sleeping platform’VanBik 09 PKC: 422

Lushai [Mizo]khum ‘pillow’LaPolla 87: 5

Lushai [Mizo]lu#1221 PTB *k-lu ‘HEAD’PKC *luu ‘HEAD’PKar *kləɁᴰ ‘HEAD’◦kham ‘pillow’Marrison 67 Naga

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]rāmorpheme-khō n‘couch, a bed’VanBik 09 PKC: 422

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Kom Remlu#1221 PTB *k-lu ‘HEAD’PKC *luu ‘HEAD’PKar *kləɁᴰ ‘HEAD’-khúm ‘pillow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)7

*Central Nagam-kham ‘BENCH, BLOCK / PILLOW’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.132

Ao (Chungli)mə³kəm¹ n.‘bench, pillow’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.132

Lotha Nagaŋ̍¹-khəm³ n.‘pillow’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.132

Lotha Nagankham ‘pillow’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagankhüm ‘pillow’Murry 78: 88

Lotha Naga¹n³kɯn(ʔ) ‘pillow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

Yimchungrü²gumorpheme-²mu²kam¹bemorpheme ‘pillow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group10

Angami Naga²tsɯmorpheme²khe ‘pillow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

Angami (Kohima)tsümorpheme◦khe ‘pillow’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokripimorpheme◦khü ‘pillow’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokri²pimorpheme²khɤ ‘pillow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

Khezha²tsamorpheme²khi ‘pillow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

Maomokhu ‘pillow’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengmasimorpheme◦ki ‘pillow’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengma (Southern)¹pemorpheme⁴khʌ̃ ‘pillow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

Sema [Sumi]-¹kɯmorpheme¹mɯ²khɯ v.‘place down / rest one's head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

Sema [Sumi]aketsümorpheme-kemorpheme◦mukü ‘pillow’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group5

Liangmeicamorpheme-khũm ‘pillow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

Liangmeichamorpheme◦khum ‘pillow’Marrison 67 Naga

Liangmeikamorpheme-khũm ‘pillow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

Zemehemorpheme◦kum ‘pillow’Marrison 67 Naga

Zeme¹biaŋmorpheme³kum ‘pillow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulkhum◦khuimorpheme ‘pillow’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhul²khum³kuimorpheme ‘pillow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

1.7.1.3Koch1

Atongkhawmorpheme◦kham n‘pillow’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.3.1Jingpho6

Jingphobùŋmorpheme-khúm ‘pillow’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 300

Jingphobuŋmorpheme-khum ‘pillow’LaPolla 87: 5

Jingphoməkhum ‘pillow’Benedict 72 STC: 38n123

Jingphopuŋ³¹morpheme khum⁵⁵ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.19

Jingphopuŋ³¹morphemekhum⁵⁵ ‘pillow’Liu 84

Jingphopuŋ³¹morphemekhum⁵⁵ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.47

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Pattani [Manchati]kum ‘pillow’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.2Bodic2

Tsangla (Motuo)kʻum⁵⁵◦ta¹³morpheme-riŋmorpheme ‘pillow’Zhang Jichuan 86

Motuo Menbakhum tamorpheme riŋmorpheme n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.07

2.1.4Tamangish1

Tamang (Sahu)khum n‘pillow’Hale 73 CSD: 06a.36

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Thulungkom◦simorpheme ‘pillow’Allen 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang3

Chepangkumʔ- vt.‘make pillow or headrest, pillow (oneself)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangkumʔ.siŋʔ#2658 PTB *si(ŋ/k) ‘TREE / WOOD / FIREWOOD’PTani *sɯŋ ‘WOOD / TREE’PKC *thiŋ ‘TREE / WOOD’PCN *siŋ ‘WOOD’PTk *tʰiŋ ‘WOOD’TGTM *ᴮsiŋ ‘TREE’PKir *siŋ ‘TREE’PLB *sikᴴ ⪤ *siŋ ‘TREE’ n.‘pillow block (wooden), headrest’Caughley 00 Chepang

Khamgum n‘pillow’Hale 73 CSD: 06a.36

3.2Qiangic15

Guiqiongnɔ̃³¹morphemekhi⁵⁵ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.16

Guiqiongxɔ̃³³morphemekhi⁵³ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.17

Muyaʁɑ³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’kø⁵³ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.15

Muya [Minyak]ʁa³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’kø⁵³ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.15

Namuyiʁo⁵⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’nkhu³³ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.19

Namuyiʁuo⁵³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’nkhu³¹ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.46

Pumi (Taoba)khu⁵⁵#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’kiã⁵³ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.10

Qiang (Longxi)ȵì#811 PTB *r/g-na ‘EAR / HEAR / LISTEN’PKC *naa ⪤ *hnaa ‘EAR’PCN *hnaʔ ‘EAR’PCN *a-hŋaj ‘HEAR, LISTEN’PTk *na ‘EAR’PTk *na ‘HEAR’PNN *na ‘EAR’PL *(C)-na² ‘EAR’PKar *-hnaᴮ ‘LISTEN TO’PKar *naᴮ ‘EAR’ kù ‘pillow [ear + *kum]’Evans 99 Qiang: 677

Qiang (Mawo)nə#811 PTB *r/g-na ‘EAR / HEAR / LISTEN’PKC *naa ⪤ *hnaa ‘EAR’PCN *hnaʔ ‘EAR’PCN *a-hŋaj ‘HEAR, LISTEN’PTk *na ‘EAR’PTk *na ‘HEAR’PNN *na ‘EAR’PL *(C)-na² ‘EAR’PKar *-hnaᴮ ‘LISTEN TO’PKar *naᴮ ‘EAR’ ku̥ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.08

Qiang (Mianchi)nè#811 PTB *r/g-na ‘EAR / HEAR / LISTEN’PKC *naa ⪤ *hnaa ‘EAR’PCN *hnaʔ ‘EAR’PCN *a-hŋaj ‘HEAR, LISTEN’PTk *na ‘EAR’PTk *na ‘HEAR’PNN *na ‘EAR’PL *(C)-na² ‘EAR’PKar *-hnaᴮ ‘LISTEN TO’PKar *naᴮ ‘EAR’ kò ‘pillow [ear + *kum]’Evans 99 Qiang: 677

Qiang (Taoping)ko³³ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.9

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]xo⁵⁵#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’xo³³ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.16

Xumiʁũ³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’gie⁵⁵ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.20

Zhaba (Daofu County)gɪ¹³ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.14

3.3.1rGyalrong4

rGyalrong (Maerkang)tɐprefix mkɐm n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.11

rGyalrongtɐprefix mkɐm ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.12

Caodengtəprefix-mkom ‘pillow’Sun J 97 Cao

rGBenzhentaprefix-mkam ‘pillow’Sun J 97 rGB

4Nungic10

Rawanggɔ³³morpheme məkhɯm³³ ‘pillow’LaPolla 03: 573

Nungmɑ⁵⁵khum³¹ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.21

Anongmɑ⁵⁵khɯn³¹ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.44

Anongməkhim ‘pillow’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 64

Anongməkhim ‘pillow’Benedict 72 STC: 38n123

Anongəgɔmorpheme məkhim ‘pillow’LaPolla 87: 5

Dulongmɯ³¹kɯm⁵⁵ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.20

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)u⁵⁵morpheme kɯm⁵⁵ ‘pillow’LaPolla 87: 5

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)u⁵³morpheme kɯm⁵³ ‘pillow’LaPolla 87: 5

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)u⁵³morphemekɯm⁵³ ‘pillow’Sun H 82 Dul

5Tujia2

Tujiatshie⁵⁵morphemekhɯe²¹ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.49

Tujiatshie⁵⁵morphemekhɯe²¹ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.38

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

*Lolo-Burmesem-kum ‘pillow’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 64

*Lolo-Burmesem-kum² ‘block / pillow’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 597

6.1.1Burmish12

Achang (Luxi)u⁵⁵morphemekhu⁵¹ ‘pillow’Dai 85 AcJZ

Bola (Luxi)ŭ̱³⁵morphemekhu³⁵ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.32

Burmese (Written)khum ‘block / bench / table’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

Burmese (Written)khum ‘block’Matisoff 83 TIL: 45

Burmese (Written)khuṁ ‘block, bench, table, pillar’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)khum ‘pillow’LaPolla 87: 5

Burmese (Written)khum⪤ʔûm ‘block / pillar-pillow’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 64

Burmese (Written)ûṁ ‘pillow’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)ʔûm ‘pillow’Hansson 89 AHKP: 394

Burmese (Written)ʔumː ‘pillow’Matisoff 83 TIL: 45

Atsi [Zaiwa]u²¹morphemekhuʔ⁵⁵ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]u²¹morphemekhuʔ⁵⁵ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.42

6.1.2Loloish4

*Loloishm-gum² ‘pillow’Bradley 79 PLo: 380

*Loloishm-gum² ‘pillow’Hansson 89 AHKP: 394

Loloŋkʻɤ ‘pillow’Benedict 72 STC: 38n123

Loloŋkʼṿ ‘pillow’Benedict 72 STC: 143n387

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish8

Gazhuoji³¹morphemekɯ³¹ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.47

Luquanŋkʻv̩ ‘pillow’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 64

Yi (Liangshan)o³³morphemekhu²¹ ‘pillow’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Mile)o⁵⁵morphemegɯ²¹ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.25

Yi (Mojiang)ŋu̱³³gɯ²¹ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.26

Yi (Wuding)u³³morphemeŋkhɤ³³ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.38

Yi (Xide)o³³morphemekhu²¹ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.35

Yi (Xide)o³³morphemekhu²¹ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish15

Jinuo (Youle)vu⁴⁴morphemekø⁴⁴ ‘pillow’Gai 86

Jinuovu⁴⁴morphemekø⁴⁴m̩³¹ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.44

Kucongʑi55morpheme gɯ31 ‘pillow’Dai 09 Kucong

Lahu(úmorpheme-)gɛ̂ ‘pillow’Benedict 72 STC: 38n123

Lahugɛ̂ ‘pillow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 189

Lahugɛ̂ ‘pillow’Benedict 72 STC: 143n387

Lahuú#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-gɛ̂ ‘pillow’LaPolla 87: 5

Lahu (Lancang)u³⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’gɛ⁵³ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.43

Lahu (Black)ú#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-gɛ̂ ‘head-pillow’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 64

Lahu (Black)u³⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’gɛ⁵³ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.33

Lahu (Yellow)u¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’gɛ³ ‘pillow’Chang 86

Lisuo⁵⁵morphemego⁴¹lo⁴⁴morpheme ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.27

Lisu (Central)wu¹morpheme-gaw⁶-law³morpheme ‘pillow’Fraser 22

Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵morphemegɔʔ²¹lɔ³³morpheme ‘pillow’Bradley 94 Lisu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish9

Akha (Yunnan)ùmorpheme ɣm̀ ‘pillow’Hansson 89 AHKP: 144

Akha (Thai)ùmorpheme-ɣm̀ ‘pillow’Hansson 89 AHKP: 394

Akhaɣm̀ ‘pillow’Hansson 89 AHKP: 394

Bisutùmorpheme◦kho ‘pillow’Bradley 9x Bisu

Hani (Lüchun)umorpheme ɣɔ̀ ‘pillow’Hansson 89 AHKP: 144

Hani (Lüchun)ùmorpheme ɣɔ̀ ‘pillow’Hansson 89 AHKP: 394

Hani (Dazhai)u³¹morphemeɣɔ³¹ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.31

Hani (Lüchun)u³¹morphemeɣɔ³¹ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.41

Pyendo33morpheme khuʔ55 ‘pillow’Shintani 09 Pyen: 072014

6.2Naxi5

Laze (Xiangjiao)u˧#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’gu˧ ‘pillow’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 959

Na (Yongning)ʁu˧#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’gv#˥ ‘pillow’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Naxiku³³#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’gɯ³³ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.45

Naxi (Lijiang)ku³³#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ŋgɯ³³ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.28

Naxi (Yongning)ɣo³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’gv³³ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.29

7Karenic1

*Karenkhu[m] ‘chopping-block’Chou 72: 656g

9.0.1Old Chinese7

Chinese (Old/Mid)ti̯əm/t̑i̯əm ‘chopping-block’Chou 72: 658f

Chinese (Old/Mid)t̑i̯əm/tśi̯əm ‘pillow / use as a pillow’Chou 72: 656g

Chinese (Old)Kjum ‘chopping-block’Baxter 92: 1762

Chinese (Old)Kjumʔ ‘block used as headrest / pillow’Baxter 92: 1763

Chinese (Old)t'i̯əm ‘block, anvil’Matisoff 83 TIL: 45

Chinese (Old)t̂i̯əm ‘pillow’Matisoff 83 TIL: 45

Chinese (Old)ti̯əm ‘chopping-block’Matisoff 83 TIL: 45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #692, *m-k(u/i)m ‘PILLOW / BLOCK / BENCH / BEDSTEAD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/692

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

References: cf. STC#482, HPTB pp. 57, 125, 147, 198, 272, 275, 308, 496, 503

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-692,
  title  = {{*m-k(u/i)m 'PILLOW / BLOCK / BENCH / BEDSTEAD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #692},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/692}
}