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STEDT #1772

*ŋam

CHEW / HOLD IN THE MOUTH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋaminitialŋrhymeamcoverM · N

Connections

Allofam*gam ‘JAW / CHIN / MOLAR’
See also3.4.4

Notes

This etymon may well be allofamically related to #2231 PTB *gam PUT INTO MOUTH, SEIZE WITH MOUTH.

Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani3

Bokar Lhobatɕuːmorpheme◦tɛːmorpheme◦ȵam ‘chew cud’Sun H 80 MLD
Galoɲam ‘bite’Das Gupta 63 Gal
Galoɲam◦namsuffix vt.‘masticate’GLDC 09 Galo

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Ao (Chungli)ma²morphemeŋəm² v.‘hold in mouth’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

2.1.2Bodic5

Tshona (Wenlang)ŋom⁵⁵ mu⁵⁵morpheme ‘bite’Lu 86 CuoM
Motuo Menbaŋam v.‘bite (mosquito)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1279.07

2.3.2Southern Kiranti2

BantawaNam ‘chew / munch’Rai 85 BnDs
Bantawaŋam◦smorpheme- v.‘chew, to munch’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 30

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang4

Chepangŋam-samorpheme ‘chew’Caughley 72 CVoc: 7.B.2. 37
Chepang (Eastern)ŋam◦naʔmorpheme v‘chew’Caughley 90 CheQ: 3.10.8
Khamnyahm-nyamorpheme v.‘chew’Watters 89 KhQ: 7.B.2. 37

4Nungic1

6.1.1Burmish7

Achang (Lianghe)ŋuŋ⁵⁵ ‘hold in mouth’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)ŋɔm³¹ ‘hold in mouth’Dai 85 AcJZ
Burmese (Written)ŋuṁ² ‘hold in mouth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 538.39
Lashiŋu:m³¹ v.‘hold in mouth’Dai 89 Lash: 3.7.14
Maru [Langsu]ŋam³¹ v.‘hold in mouth’Dai 89 Lang: 3.7.14
Maru [Langsu]ŋam³¹ ‘hold in mouth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 538.43

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1772, *ŋam ‘CHEW / HOLD IN THE MOUTH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1772
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1772,
  title  = {{*ŋam 'CHEW / HOLD IN THE MOUTH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1772},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1772}
}