*g-(t/d)am

TALK / SPEAK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleTaminitialt/drhymeamcoverT · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Tamangish*ᴬtam ‘WORD’

Connections

HPTB*g-tam ⪤ *g-dam ‘talk / speak’p. 299

Chinese comparandum

談 OC *d’ɑ̂m, GSR #617l ‘speak’; Mand. tán.
譚 OC *d’əm, GSR #646c ‘speak’; Mand. tán.
詹 OC *t̑i̯ɑm, GSR #619a ‘garrulous’; B & S 2011: *tam {[t]am}; Mand. zhān.
噡 OC *t̑i̯ɑm, GSR #619b ‘talk, chat’; B & S 2011: *tam {[t]am}; Mand. zhān.

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)2

*Sino-Tibetan(g-)tɑ̂m~(g-)dɑ̂m ‘talk about’Chou 72: 617L

*Sino-Tibetangdam/gdəm/dtjam ‘speak / talk’Coblin 86: 137

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmang-tam ⪤ g-dam ‘talk / speak’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 614

1.1.2Deng3

Kaman [Miju]kɯ³¹morpheme tɑŋ⁵³ ‘say’Sun H 80 MLD

Kaman [Miju]kɯ³¹morphemetɑŋ⁵³ v.‘speak’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1649.23

Kaman [Miju]kɯ³¹morphemetɑŋ⁵³ ‘say / speak’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 545.48

2.1.2.1Tibetan5

Spitilapmorpheme taŋ◦jesuffix v‘speak’Bodh 91: 3.8.1

Tibetan (Written)gtam ‘talk, discourse, speech’Benedict 72 STC: 70n217

Tibetan (Written)gtom-pasuffix ‘talk, speak’Benedict 72 STC: 70n217

Tibetan (Written)gtom-pɑsuffix v‘talk / speak’Chou 72: 646c

Tibetan (Written)gtɑm n‘talk / discourse / speech’Chou 72: 646c

2.1.4Tamangish9

*TGTMᴬtam ‘word, language’Mazaudon 94 These: 441

Gurung (Ghachok)tãː pʰulamorpheme ‘word’Glover 72 GuVo: 11.A.21

Gurung¹tãː ‘word’Mazaudon 94 These: 441

Tamang (Risiangku)¹tam ‘language’Mazaudon 94 These: 441

Tamang (Sahu)tam adj.‘word’Taylor 72 TmVo: 11.23

Tamang (Sahu)tām 'pāngmorpheme-pāsuffix v‘talk’Hale 73 CSD: 10b1.02

Tamang (Sahu)tam 'paŋmorpheme-pasuffix v.‘talk’Taylor 72 TmVo: 21.A.2

Tamang (Sahu)¹tam ‘word’Mazaudon 94 These: 441

Tamang (Taglung)tam ‘words, language’Mazaudon 94 These: 441

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Dumitɨm◦lomorpheme ‘word, affair, matter’Driem 93 Dumi

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)dʻɑ̂m v.i.‘talk’Benedict 72 STC: 69n217

Chinese (Old/Mid)dʻəm / dʻɑ̣̂m v.tr.‘talk about’Benedict 72 STC: 69n217

Chinese (Old/Mid)dʻəm/dʻɑ̂m ‘talk about’Chou 72: 646c

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1757, *g-(t/d)am ‘TALK / SPEAK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1757

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: cf. HPTB p. 299

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1757,
  title  = {{*g-(t/d)am 'TALK / SPEAK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1757},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1757}
}