jpɣom

Japhug

Etymology

Possibly a back-formation from tɤjpɣom (“ice”), which is cognate with Chinese 冰 (OC *pŋrɯŋ, “ice”).[1] Possibly cognate to Tangut 𗎈 (*ꞏwọ¹, “ice”) or 𘒓 (*par¹, “to congeal”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jpɣom/

Verb

jpɣom

  1. (Kamnyu, intransitive) to freeze

Derived terms
  • qajpɣom
  • sɯjpɣom

References
  1. Guillaume Jacques (2021) A grammar of Japhug‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 1054
  2. Jacques, Guillaume (2014) Esquisse de phonologie et de morphologie historique du tangoute, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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