Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/kram

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *kram (Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

Noun

*kram

  1. fence
  2. fenced-off area, like a yard or garden

Descendants

  • Chinese: 檻 / 槛 (OC *[ɡ]ˤramʔ (B-S), “railing, cage”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *kram
      • Naxi: koq (“to enclose; garden”)
      • ⇒ Narua: khuaelee (“vegetable garden”)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *kram¹
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