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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ŭm
Meaning: crooked, bent
Tibetan: khums crooked, kum-pa crooked, shriveled, ãgum bend, curve, contrast.
Burmese: khumh be convex.
Kachin: gum2 to bow, bend, (H) dǝgum bent, n-gum be bent forward.
Lushai: kom to bend or flex (as a leg) (cf. also kum to shrug or draw up (the shoulders), to hollow (the tongue or hand)).
Lepcha: kŭm arched, concave, vaulted; a small cave or arch as under rock
Comments: Kham gomL; Magari ghum. Ben. 78.
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *kum
Meaning: bend
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: kɨḿsinɨ
Grammar: vr.non-erg.
Meaning: 1) bend over, bow, bend forward; 2) concentrate, pay attention, be pensive.
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: kumma
Grammar: vt-2 [1: kups- 2: kum-]
Meaning: bend
Nepali: nihuranu.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ḳĕmhV̆́
Meaning: crooked
Comments and references : WFR 101.
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ḳĕmhV
Meaning: arc; an arched, curved body part
Notes: Lak. ḳurmaṭi contains a suffixed dental; ḳurma- < *ḳVmrV- = Av. ḳamuri 'arc' ( > Arch. ḳummur id.). The word probably denoted 'arc, curve' with a semantic development > 'curved part of body' ('horn' in PA, 'tail' in PD and PWC). See Abdokov 1983, 76 (Darg.-WC).
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *ḳamV (~ -o-)
Meaning: 1 arc 2 horn
Avar: ḳamúri 1
Chamalal: č̣am 2
Tindi: ḳ́ama 2
Botlikh: ḳamu 2
Bagvalal: ḳ́ama 2
Comments: Av. paradigm C (ḳarmí-l, ḳárma-l). The word also means "arc" in Akhv. (ḳamu, Tseg. ḳamru, Tlan. ḳamuru etc.; cf. also And. ḳamur 'window' [<*'arc']) where it is most probably borrowed from Avar.
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: ḳurma-ṭi
Meaning: cantle; pommel
Lak form: ḳurmaṭi
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *ḳimi (~-e-)
Meaning: tail
Chiragh: č̣ime
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ḳa (~ *ḳ́-)
Meaning: tail
Adyghe: č̣́a
Kabardian: č̣a
Comments: PAK *ḳa. No reliable parallels within WC, but some possible external correlates.
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *gamur-
Meaning: crooked
Kottish: kamur "crooked, oblique"; (Бол.) kamura "crookedly"
Arin: kamaringa (Лоск.) "crookedly"
Comments: ССЕ 226. Werner 1, 408.
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