ཀམ

Kurtöp

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐ́m]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k(w)am. Cognates include Dzongkha སྐམ (skam) and Tibetan སྐམ (skam).

Adjective

ཀམ (kam)

1. dried, dry

Etymology 2

Related to Dzongkha རྐན (rkan) and Tibetan དཀན (dkan).

Noun

ཀམ (kam)

1. palate, roof of the mouth

References

• G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 7
• Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103