STEDT
The Body  ›  Body Parts  ›  Life/Breathe/Exist  ›  Life/Live/Alive
STEDT #7678

*a-kam

LIFE
Proto-Central Naga (Ao group)

Notes

This form is related to #7677 PCN *kam BECOME.

Reflexes & cognates17 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.1.2Deng2

Kaman [Miju]kɑm⁵⁵ v.‘live / reside’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1452.23
Kaman [Miju]kɑm⁵⁵ ‘dwell / live’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 580.48

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)16

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦küm◦dangmorpheme◦tsümorpheme ‘warn’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)tprefix◦a²prefix-kəm² n.‘life’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.070
Ao (Chungli)tprefix◦aprefix◦küm ‘life’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦kham ‘live (to be alive)’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦kham ‘life’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)təprefix-kəm n.‘life (NZP + 'be alive')’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagae¹prefix-kəm¹ n.‘life’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.131
Lotha Nagae¹prefix-kəm¹- be v.‘alive’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Lotha Nagaeprefix◦kam◦vanmorpheme ‘live (to be alive)’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaeprefix◦küm ‘life’Murry 78: 67
Sangtamaprefix◦kang ‘life’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtamkang◦chemorpheme ‘save’Marrison 67 Naga
Yacham-Tengsakam ‘live (to be alive)’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrükhüm◦khitmorpheme ‘save’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #7678, *a-kam ‘LIFE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7678
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PCN #131
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-7678,
  title  = {{*a-kam 'LIFE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #7678},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7678}
}