1.0 The Body > 1.9 Reproductive System > 1.9.4 Breast

#3374 PTB *kwam BREAST / MILK

This root has so far been identified only in a few languages of the NE Indian Areal Group, though there is a possible Dumi (Himalayish) cognate. Several languages (Kom Rem, Meithei, Moyon) have compounds where this root occurs as second element, after a syllable səŋ‑/sʌŋ‑. This latter element bears a resemblance to #3431 PTB *syaŋ VAGINA / CLITORIS, below.

This root was reconstructed as *kom in TBRS: #64.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
131578m,3374805səŋ kʰommilkKom Rem721.2.4“Old Kuki”0Toba 91 KRQT-KomRQ5.4.30
311391m,33741112sʌŋ◦ŋommilkMoyon721.2.4“Old Kuki”0Kosha 90DK-Moyon5.4.3 1
1051933741040khombreastMeithei131.4Meithei1Singh 91 MeiQCYS-Meithei5.40
1052133741040khomudder (of cow, goat)Meithei131.4Meithei1Singh 91 MeiQCYS-Meithei5.4.20
1052233741040khommilkMeithei131.4Meithei1Singh 91 MeiQCYS-Meithei5.4.30
16528833741041khombreastMeithei131.4Meithei1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
11432833741042khômbreast milkMeithei131.4Meithei1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
105263374,m1040khom khaynə◦bəweanMeithei131.4Meithei1Singh 91 MeiQCYS-Meithei5.4.7 2
105253374,m,m,s1040khom pi◦thək◦pənurse / sucklev.Meithei131.4Meithei1Singh 91 MeiQCYS-Meithei5.4.60
4414453374,2761042khom-pinippleMeithei131.4Meithei1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
105203374,m1040khom◦jinnippleMeithei131.4Meithei1Singh 91 MeiQCYS-Meithei5.4.10
172343m,33741041san◦gommilkMeithei131.4Meithei1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
10523m,33741040səŋ◦gommilkMeithei131.4Meithei1Singh 91 MeiQCYS-Meithei5.4.30
470393374,m1063kúm◦búbreast (poetic)Mikir [Karbi]141.5Mikir [Karbi]1Grüssner 79 BPKHG-MikirQ500
726143466,3466,3374547dɨ◦dhɨ◦kwamnipples (human)Dumi772.3.3Central Kiranti1Driem 93 DumiSVD-Dum0

^ 1.
Note assimilation of the medial consonants.
^ 2.
Meithei khaynə ‘to part, to separate’.