Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/k-jim ~ k-jum

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khyim (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *k-yim ⪤ k-yum (Matisoff, STEDT); *kim (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987); *kyim~kyum (Chou, 1972; *kyim ⪤ *kyum (LaPolla, 1987)

Noun

 * 1) house
 * 2) pit
 * 3) womb

Descendants

 * Kamarupan
 * Central Chin
 * Khomic
 * Northern
 * "Naga"
 * Northern Naga
 * ("house") (French, 1983)
 * Tangkhulic
 * ("house") (Mortensen, 2012)
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written
 * Tamangic
 * (Mazaudon, 1994)
 * Kiranti
 * (Opgenort, 2011)
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * (Matisoff, 1978)
 * Burmish
 * Loloish
 * ("house") (Bradley, 1979)
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan):
 * Central Loloish
 * Lisu (Southern):
 * Karenic:
 * ("house") (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan):
 * Central Loloish
 * Lisu (Southern):
 * Karenic:
 * ("house") (Luangthongkum, 2013)