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STEDT #1443

*s-n(u/a)m

FAT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This root seems to show vowel gradation. For a similar pattern of variation, see #1417 PTB *b-s(u/a)ŋ SMELL / SCENT / FRAGRANT and #1447 PTB *s-l(a/u)p FAT.

Reflexes & cognates46 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani5

Bokar(num) tɕirmorpheme v.‘extract (oil)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1781.24
Bokar*num ‘oil (vegetable~)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarnum n‘oil (vegetable)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0446.24
Bokar Lhobanum ‘fat, oil’Sun H 80 MLD

2.1.2Bodic5

Tshona (Wenlang)ȵɑm³⁵ bɑ⁵⁵suffix ‘fat (meat)’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)num⁵³ ‘oil’Sun H 80 MLD
Cuona Menbanum⁵³ n‘oil (vegetable)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0446.06
Cuona Menbaphaʔ⁵³morphemenum⁵⁵ n‘oil (animal)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0445.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan14

Tibetan (Alike)rn̥əm n‘oil (vegetable)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0446.05
Tibetan (Batang)ȵ̥ũ⁵⁵ ‘oil / grease (for cooking)’Dai 89 Bata: 8.3.2
Tibetan (Lhasa)num⁵⁵ n‘oil (vegetable)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0446.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)num⁵⁵tshiː⁵⁵morpheme n‘oil (animal)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0445.02
Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)nūm ‘oil / grease (for cooking)’Bishop 89: 8.3.2
Tibetan (Written)(snum) btsirmorpheme v.‘extract (oil)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1781.01
Tibetan (Written)snum ‘suet (belly fat); fat oil grease’Matisoff 87 BP: 168

3.2Qiangic10

Qiang (Taoping)χȵo⁵⁵ n.‘fat , oil’Sun H 81 Qia

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1443, *s-n(u/a)m ‘FAT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1443
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1443,
  title  = {{*s-n(u/a)m 'FAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1443},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1443}
}