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STEDT #1805

*m/s-kam

LEAN (MEAT, PERSON)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlem/g-prefixm/ginitialkrhymeamcoverK · N

Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani2

Miri, Hillgem-ne#43 PTB *ni ‘LEAN (MEAT)’ ‘thin, emaciated, lean’Simon 76 Miri

Miri, Hillgɤm-ne#43 PTB *ni ‘LEAN (MEAT)’ ‘thin, emaciated, lean’Simon 76 Miri

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Ukhrulkəprefix-kem ‘become lean due to fasting’Mortensen 12 Tk

2.1.2Bodic6

Tshona (Wenlang)tɕɑm⁵⁵ ‘lean (meat)’Lu 86 CuoM

Tshona (Wenlang)tɕɑm⁵⁵ po⁵⁵#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ ‘lean (person)’Lu 86 CuoM

Tshona (Mama)cem⁵³ ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.6

Tshona (Mama)cem⁵⁵ pʰᴀ⁵³ ‘lean (of humans)’morpheme · suffixSun H 80 MLD

Tshona (Mama)ɕʌ⁵³#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ cem⁵³ ‘lean (of meat)’Sun H 80 MLD

Cuona Menbakam⁵⁵ɕa⁵³#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ n‘meat (lean)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0444.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan5

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)hkam ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)rkom mbo#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.5

Tibetan (Khams:Dege)kɑŋ⁵⁵ ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.3

Tibetan (Lhasa)kam⁵⁵po⁵³#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.2

Tibetan (Written)skam po#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.1

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Yi (Nanjian)lɑ³³morpheme gu̪³³ ‘lean (of humans)’Chen 85 YiJZ

Yi (Xide)gɯ⁴⁴ dʑi³³#49 PTB *gray ‘LEAN / THIN’ ‘lean (of meat)’Chen 85 YiJZ

Yi (Xide)gɯ⁴⁴ dʑi³³#49 PTB *gray ‘LEAN / THIN’ ‘lean (of humans)’Chen 85 YiJZ

Yi (Xide)gɯ⁴⁴dʑi³³#49 PTB *gray ‘LEAN / THIN’ ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.21

Yi (Xide)tɕi⁵⁵#49 PTB *gray ‘LEAN / THIN’-gu²¹ ‘lean (person)’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Black)gò ‘thin (person or animal)’Matisoff 88 DL: p. 410

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Hani (Dazhai)go̱³³ ‘lean (of animals)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Shuikui)ko³³ ‘lean (of humans)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1805, *m/s-kam ‘LEAN (MEAT, PERSON)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1805

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1805,
  title  = {{*m/s-kam 'LEAN (MEAT, PERSON)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1805},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1805}
}