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STEDT #1362

*(d/t)am

HIPS / WAIST / SMALL OF BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handledaminitialdrhymeamcoverT · N

Connections

Notes

Certain languages (Karbi, Trung) have doublets with both voiced and voiceless initials.

Reflexes & cognates38 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Khoiraotamtakmorpheme ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]5

Mikir [Karbi]morpheme-dám ‘anus / rectum’Grüssner 79 BP: 226
Mikir [Karbi]himorphemedam ‘anus’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]kèng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’-thàm amorpheme-chomorphemebákmorpheme ‘buttocks’Grüssner 79 BP: 42

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Bantawajam ‘lower back’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 17

4Nungic8

Anongsɹɛ⁵³morphemedɑm⁵⁵ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.44
Nungxɹɛ⁵³morphemedɑm⁵⁵ n‘waist’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0098.21
Trung [Dulong]sɯ³¹morphemeɹɑ̆t⁵⁵morphemedɑ̆m⁵⁵ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.46
Trung [Dulong]tɯm⁵⁵ ‘back (direction)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 52.46
Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)sɯ³¹morpheme ɹɑ̆t⁵⁵morpheme dɑ̆m⁵⁵ ‘waist’Sun H 82 Dul
Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)tɯm⁵⁵ ‘back (side)’Sun H 82 Dul
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)sɯ³¹morpheme ɹɑ̆t⁵⁵morpheme dɑ̆m⁵⁵ ‘waist’Sun H 82 Dul
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)tʰɯm⁵⁵ ‘back (side)’Sun H 82 Dul

5Tujia1

Tujiaa¹³prefix du̵⁵⁵ ‘waist’Chen 86 TuMQ: 5.6

6.1.1Burmish16

Achang (Lianghe)tsɑ³¹morpheme tuŋ³⁵ ‘back (of body)’Dai 85 AcJZ

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1362, *(d/t)am ‘HIPS / WAIST / SMALL OF BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1362
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1362,
  title  = {{*(d/t)am 'HIPS / WAIST / SMALL OF BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1362},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1362}
}