Q. #cambë n. “hand” (Category: Hand)

⚠️Q. #cambë, n. “(hollow of) hand” (Category: Hand)

Q. camba “(cupped) hand, hollow of the hand”

References ✧ VT49/17

Related

• camba “(cupped) hand, hollow of the hand” vs. #cambë “hand”

Inflections

kambeya

3rd-sg-poss; colloquial-possessive

“his hand”

✧ VT49/17

Derivations

• < √KAB “hold, contain, retain, possess, have in hand”

ᴹQ. kambe n. “hollow (of hand)” (Category: Hand)

References ✧ Ety/KAB; EtyAC/KAB

Glosses

• “closed hand” ✧ EtyAC/KAB (kambe)
• “hollow (of hand)” ✧ Ety/KAB

Changes

• kambe “closed hand” >> kambe “hollow (of hand)” ✧ EtyAC/KAB

Cognates

• N. cam “hand” ✧ Ety/KAB; EtyAC/KAB (cam)

Derivations

• < ᴹ√KAB¹ “hollow” ✧ Ety/KAB; EtyAC/KAB (KAB)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√KAB > kambe	[kambe]	✧ Ety/KAB
ᴹ√KAB > kambe	[kambe]	✧ EtyAC/KAB