ᴹQ. kúma n. “void” (Category: Empty)
A word for “void, darkness”, perhaps first appearing in Ambarkanta from the early 1930s (SM/241). The Etymologies from around 1937 had ᴹQ. kúma “void” under the root ᴹ√KUM of the same meaning (Ety/KUM). It was an element in ᴹQ. Avakúma “Exterior Void”, the darkness surrounding the world (SM/241; Ety/AWA).
References ✧ Ety/GAS, KUM; MRI/Kúma; SM/237, 241; SMI/Kúma
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| ᴹ√KUM > kúma | [kūma] | ✧ Ety/KUM |