dram

noun. heavy stroke, heavy blow

Derivations

• ᴹ√DARAM “beat, hew, beat, hew; [ᴱ√] batter, thud” ✧ Ety/DARÁM

Element in

• N. drambor “clenched fist; blow with a fist, clenched fist; blow with a fist; [G.] thudder” ✧ Ety/DARÁM
• ᴺS. indram “shock, (lit.) mind-blow”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√DARÁM > dramb > dram(m)	[darámba] > [dramba] > [dramb] > [dramb] > [dramm] > [dram]	✧ Ety/DARÁM

Variations

• dram(m) ✧ Ety/DARÁM; EtyAC/DARÁM

dramb

noun. heavy stroke, a blow (of axe, etc.)

dramm

noun. heavy stroke, a blow (of axe, etc.)

lhong

adjective. heavy

lhong

adjective. heavy

Cognates

• ᴹQ. lunga “heavy; fraught” ✧ Ety/LUG¹

Derivations

• ᴹ✶lungā “heavy” ✧ Ety/LUG¹
  • ᴹ√LUG “be heavy” ✧ Ety/LUG¹

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶lungā > lhong	[luŋgā] > [luŋga] > [loŋga] > [loŋg] > [l̥oŋg] > [l̥oŋ]	✧ Ety/LUG¹