amba

adverb. up(wards)

Cognates

• N. am “up” ✧ Ety/AM²

Derivations

• ᴹ✶amba- ✧ Ety/AM²
  • ᴹ√AM “up” ✧ Ety/AM²
• ᴹ√AM “up” ✧ Ety/UNU

Element in

• ᴹQ. amatikse “dot or point placed above the line of writing” ✧ Ety/UNU (amatekse)
• ᴹQ. am(ba)penda “uphill, uphill, *sloping up; [ᴱQ.] arduous, difficult, tiresome” ✧ Ety/AM²
• ᴹQ. ambaróne “uprising, sunrise, Orient” ✧ Ety/AM²

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶amba- > amba	[amba]	✧ Ety/AM²
ᴹ√AM² > ama	[ama]	✧ Ety/UNU

Variations

• ama ✧ Ety/UNU

ama

adverb. up

am-

prefix. up

Derivations

• ᴹ√AM “up” ✧ Ety/AM²

Element in

• ᴹQ. ampan- “to build”
• ᴹQ. ampende “upward slope”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√AM² > am-	[am-]	✧ Ety/AM²