Where does “kâphlum” come from?

kâphlum (Mizo) comes from Mizo kâp, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaap, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(k)ap — to shoot.

kâphlum (Mizo): to gun down, shoot dead

Definitions

  1. to gun down, shoot dead

Ancestry of “kâphlum”, step by step

kâphlum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mizo kâp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizokâpto shoot
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*kaap—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*(k)apto shoot

via Mizo hlum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizohlumfor life, until death
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(k)ap →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaap →Every word from Mizo kâp →