vami

See also: vámi and вами

Prasuni

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *upatāmukā, from a diminutive of earlier *upa- + *tāmū (“markhor kid”), of uncertain origin. Compare Tregami vemi, Waigali vame, and more distantly, Ashkun tamišë (“markhor kid”), Kamkata-viri tamü, tamik (“markhor kid”), Waigali tamuṣa (“female markhor kid”).

An alternative derivation from Turner's *avimaya^[1] runs into problems with the vowels, since ë < *a is expected, not a < *ā or a vowel sequence *aa. Moreover, the cognates listed above do not show the initial vowel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /βaˈmi/ (tone class C)

Noun

vami (Pronz)^[2]

sheep

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “avimaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “vâm′i”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎^[1]

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvami]

Pronoun

vami

instrumental of vy

Slovene

Pronoun

vàmi

instrumental of vi

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “avimaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[NEL-2] Strand, Richard F. (2016) “vâm′i”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎^[1]

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