küm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kum"

Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *a-kam, further cognate to Proto-Kuki-Chin *kum (“year”) (whence Mizo kum (“year”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Chungli) IPA(key): /kɯm˩/, [kɯm˩]

Noun

küm

  1. (Chungli, Mongsen) year

Further reading

  • Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 54-55, 216
  • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 23

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic کۆم

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʏm]
  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [kʏm]

Pronoun

küm (oblique)

  1. alternative form of kêm (“who”)

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980), Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó.
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1988), Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC
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