χαμαί

Etymology
From a case form of 🇨🇬 (whence also . Ringe identifies this as a fossilized allative/directive suffixed with the "hic-et-nunc particle" -i  (also optionally attached to the locative of any noun); if so, then cognate with Old 🇨🇬, which lacks the particle. Ringe adduces this correspondence as evidence for reconstructing the allative for Proto-Indo-European. Compare other cognate forms with the same semantics: 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (instrumental), 🇨🇬 (also instrumental), and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (locative). Also compare  and.

Adverb

 * 1) on the earth, near the ground
 * 2) to the earth/ground

Descendants

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