kambe

noun. hollow (of hand)

Changes

• kambe → kambe “closed hand” ✧ Ety/KAB

Cognates

• N. cam “hand” ✧ Ety/KAB; EtyAC/KAB

Derivations

• ᴹ√KAB “hollow” ✧ Ety/KAB; EtyAC/KAB

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KAB > kambe	[kambe]	✧ Ety/KAB
ᴹ√KAB > kambe	[kambe]	✧ EtyAC/KAB

kav-

verb. to be able

Derivations

• ᴹ✶kab- “can, I can”
  • ᴹ√KAB “to be able, capable”
• ᴹ√KAB “to be able, capable” ✧ PE22/105; PE22/127

Element in

• ᴹQ. kavinye antās “I can give it” ✧ PE22/092 (ni·kave antās); PE22/092
• ᴹQ. qe e·kárie i kirya aldaryas, ni kauva kiryasta menelyas “if he finishes the boat by Monday, I shall be able to sail on Wednesday” ✧ PE22/121

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KAV- > kavuva > kauva	[kabubā] > [kaβuβā] > [kauβā] > [kauβa] > [kauva]	✧ PE22/105