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STEDT #137

*pʷam

BELLY / STOMACH / WAIST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

Allofams
HPTB*pʷam ‘belly’pp. 47, 61
HPTB (PLB)*p-wam² ‘belly / stomach’pp. 46, 253

Notes

Several languages have compounds for BELLY where the first element is from *wam and the second apparently from #1275 PTB *pu BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT: Hani (Caiyuan) ɔ³¹ pʰu³¹, Jinuo (Baya/Banai) vu⁵⁵ pʰu⁴⁴, Jinuo (Youle) ɣo⁵⁵ pʰu⁴⁴, and Karen u⁵⁵ pʰɤ⁵⁵.

See the long discussion of this etymon in VSTB pp. 124-7.

Reflexes & cognates102 reflexes · 22 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanpam ‘belly; stomach’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 4a
*Tibeto-Burmanwam ‘belly; stomach’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 4b

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Milangmak#1384 PTB *ma(k/ŋ) ‘GUTS / BELLY / VITAL ORGAN’-pap ‘abdomen’Milang -k possibly due to assimilation to following consonant.Tayeng 76 Mil

1.2.3Maraic4

Lakher [Mara]aprefix-vy chamorpheme-kimorpheme ‘stomach (second) of ruminants’Matisoff 87 BP
Lakher [Mara]aprefix-vy khimorpheme-tlamorpheme n‘join of intestines and stomach’Matisoff 87 BP: 42
Lakher [Mara]aprefix-vy; pamorpheme-vy ‘stomach’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 4b
Lakher [Mara]pamorpheme-vy ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulāprefix◦phurmorpheme āprefix◦phām ‘abdomen / belly’Matisoff 87 BP
Tangkhulāprefix◦phurmorpheme◦āprefix◦pham ‘belly’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 4a

1.5Mikir [Karbi]5

Mikir [Karbi]vam ‘loins / waist’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]vam ‘waist / loin’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 4b
Mikir [Karbi]wám ‘groin / loins’Grüssner 79 BP: 215

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphowàm-pūmmorpheme ‘stomach complaint’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 247

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

2.2Newar1

Newarpwa: ‘stomach’Shakya 89: 9.10

2.3.2Southern Kiranti2

Bantawahom ‘waist’Rai 84 BnDc: 30
Kulungpum◦lumorpheme ‘lower back’Rai 75 Kul

3.2Qiangic2

Muya [Minyak]vu³⁵lø⁵³morpheme ‘belly / abdomen’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 5.7
Muya [Minyak]vu³⁵lø⁵³morpheme ‘belly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 260.15

3.3rGyalrongic3

Ergong (Daofu)vɑu ‘belly / abdomen’Dai 89 Daof: 5.7
Ergong (Northern)vəu⁵³ ‘belly / abdomen (outer bulge)’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 5.7
Ergong (Danba)vɛu ‘belly / abdomen’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 5.7

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmesep-wam² ‘belly / stomach’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 618

6.1.1Burmish24

Achang (Longchuan)ɔm³¹ tau³¹morpheme ‘belly’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)ɔm⁵¹ tau⁵¹morpheme ‘belly’Dai 85 AcJZ
Bolavɛ³¹ tau³¹morpheme ‘belly’Dai 89 Bola: 119
Burmese (Written)wâm ‘abdomen / belly’Matisoff 87 BP
Lashiwɔm³³ tou³³morpheme ‘belly / abdomen’Dai 89 Lash: 5.7
Maru [Langsu]vɛ̃³⁵ pat⁵⁵morpheme be v.‘pregnant’Dai 89 Lang: 10.4.14
Atsi [Zaiwa]vam²¹ ‘belly’Xu 84 Zaiwa

6.1.2Loloish1

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish11

Nusu (Bijiang)uɑ³¹lɔ⁵³morpheme ‘belly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 260.45
Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)va³¹ lɔ̱⁵³morpheme ‘belly’Dai 89 NusA: 119.
Nusu (Central)va³¹ lɔ⁵³morpheme ‘belly’Dai 89 NusB: 119.
Nusu (Central)va³¹lɔ⁵³morpheme n‘belly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0096.34
Nusu (Central)vɑ³¹ lɔ⁵³morpheme ‘belly’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Northern)vɔ³⁵ ‘belly’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Dafang)ɣɔ¹³ mo⁵⁵morpheme ‘belly’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Dafang)ɣɔ¹³mo⁵⁵morpheme ‘belly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 260.22
Yi (Xide)vu⁵⁵-dʑi²¹morpheme ko³³morpheme ‘belly’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)vu⁵⁵-ȵi³³morpheme be v.‘pregnant’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish22

Jinuo (Buyuan)vu⁴² mɔ⁴⁴morpheme ‘belly’Gai 86
Lahug̈ô-pèmorpheme ‘belly’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 4b
Lahu (Black)ɣô-pèmorpheme~ɣû-pèmorpheme ‘abdomen / belly’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black)ɣu⁵³ pe³¹morpheme ‘belly’Chang 86
Lahu (Yellow)ʔu⁵⁵ piʔ²¹morpheme ‘belly’Chang 86

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #137, *pʷam ‘BELLY / STOMACH / WAIST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/137
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-137,
  title  = {{*pʷam 'BELLY / STOMACH / WAIST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #137},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/137}
}