Change viewing parameters
Select another database
Sino-Tibetan etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷǝ̄mH
Meaning: hollow, pit
Tibetan: gjam a shelter, a grotto.
Lushai: kōm a hollow in the ground, kuam a valley, a hollow, a depression.
Comments: Possibly two roots, but hard to distinguish from each other.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-lush,stibet-comments,
Search within this database
Chinese characters :
Search within this database
Character: 坎
Modern (Beijing) reading: kǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: khǝ̄mʔ
Classic Old Chinese: khǝ̄́m
Western Han Chinese: khǝ̄́m
Eastern Han Chinese: khǝ̄́m
Early Postclassic Chinese: khǝ̄́m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khǝ̄́m
Late Postclassic Chinese: khǝ̄́m
Middle Chinese: khл́m
English meaning : pit; bury in a pit; be sounding kan-kan
Russian meaning[s]: 1) яма, рытвина; пещера; пробить яму (пещеру); опасное место; попасть в яму (в беду); 2) глухой звук, гул; 3) название одной из 8-ми триграмм; 4) обр. север
Radical: 32
Four-angle index: 4790
Karlgren code: 0624 d
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-doc,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,
Search within this database
Chinese Dialects :
Search within this database
Number: 360
Character: 坎
MC description : 咸開一上感溪
ZIHUI: 0974 1749
Beijing: khan 2
Jinan: khã 2
Xi'an: khã 2
Taiyuan: khä̃ 2
Hankou: khan 2
Chengdu: khan 2
Yangzhou: khɛ̃ 2
Suzhou: khö 2
Wenzhou: khö 21
Changsha: khan 2
Shuangfeng: khuɛ̃ 2
Nanchang: khan 2
Meixian: kham 2
Guangzhou: ham 21
Xiamen: kham 2
Chaozhou: kham 21
Fuzhou: kaŋ 2
Shanghai: khe_ 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: kham 2
doc-charref,doc-character,doc-mcinfo,doc-zihui,doc-beijing,doc-jinan,doc-xian,doc-taiyuan,doc-hankou,doc-chengdu,doc-yangzhou,doc-suzhou,doc-wenzhou,doc-changsha,doc-shuangfeng,doc-nanchang,doc-meixian,doc-guangzhou,doc-xiamen,doc-chaozhou,doc-fuzhou,doc-shanghai,doc-zhongyuan,
Search within this database
Sino-Caucasian etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *gɦwá̆mdV̆
Meaning: hole, pit
Comments and references : Cf. *gwV̄ŋtV. [For ST cf. rather Bur. qam / qom `hole, cave, grave']
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-notes,
Search within this database
North Caucasian etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-North Caucasian: *gɦwăndV̆ ( ~ -ĕ-,-ɨ̆-)
Meaning: hole, pit
Notes: One of several roots with a KVRTV (KVNTV, TVNKV) structure meaning 'pit' or 'hole'. The Lak form is irregular, probably because of contamination with another root, PEC *dwŏnḳV̆ q.v.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-lak,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
Search within this database
Avar-Andian etymology :
Search within this database
Protoform: *gʷandV ( ~ -o-)
Meaning: pit
Avar: gʷend
Chadakolob: gʷand
Akhvakh: gʷandi
Chamalal: gann
Tindi: ǵandu
Karata: ganda
Comments: Av. paradigm C (gʷandí-l, gʷénda-l; but Chad. C: gʷandú-l, gʷandá-l). Cf. also Akhv. Tlan., Ratl. gabda 'pit', Cham. Gad. gannu, Gig. ganna 'hollow (of a tree), Kar. Rats. gʷande, Tok. gabda 'pit'. The Andian form was borrowed in Tsezian languages: Tsez. gʷandi / gʷando, Gin. gangʷi, Inkh. gaIndu, Bezht. gand (borrowing is proved by the preservation of -n-, which would otherwise yield nasalisation), and in Arch. gundi 'pit'.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-avc,aandet-akv,aandet-chm,aandet-tnd,aandet-krt,aandet-comment,
Search within this database
Lak etymology :
Search within this database
Lak root: kuInṭa
Meaning: small pit
Lak form: kuInṭa
Comments: Cf. Khosr. kuInṭa 'stone trough; a hollow in stone'. Lak. kurṭ- 'deep' probably belongs here, too ( < *ku(n)ṭV-rV-).
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
Search within this database
Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-West-Caucasian: *gʷǝdǝ ( ~ǵʷ-,-dʷ-)
Meaning: vulva
Adyghe: gʷǝdǝ
Kabardian: gʷǝd
Comments: PAK *gʷǝdǝ́.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,
Search within this database
Yenisseian etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Yenisseian: *kǝd- (~g-,-ǯ-,-ʒ-)
Meaning: swampy place
Ket: kʌdǝŋ5 (Bak., Sur.)
Comments: Werner 1, 459 (without reconstruction).
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-notes,
Search within this database
Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generated | Pages generated by this script | 550725 | 3230202 |
| Help
|
StarLing database server | Powered by | CGI scripts | Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin | ![](/images/harbour-button.gif) | Copyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov |
|