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STEDT #2149

*(b/p)am

BE DEFEATED / SIT / DEFEAT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlebaminitialbrhymeam~pamcoverP · NT

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*pam ‘SIT’DRM#441

Chinese comparandum

貶 OC *pi̯ɑm ~ *pi̯ɑ̆m, GSR #641d ‘diminish; demote; reduce; wanting, of inferior quality’; Coblin 86:63-4 ST *pjam > OC *pjamx; Schuessler 2007:166 *pamʔ; B & S 2011: *pomʔ {p(r)[o]mʔ} ~ *promʔ {pr[o]mʔ}; Mand. biǎn.

Reflexes & cognates34 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanbam ⪤ pam ‘defeated / sitting / defeat’Benedict 72 STC: 471

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)5

Sangtambüm ‘sit’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtambüm◦chomorpheme v.‘sit’Kumar 73 Sang

Sangtambüm◦jimorpheme n‘chair’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüpin ‘sit’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüpin◦kiu ‘table’Marrison 67 Naga

Ukhrulkəmorpheme-cimorpheme-pɐm ‘make sit’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulkəmorpheme-pam ‘sit, reside; do continuously (postp.)’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulkəprefix-pum ‘sit on eggs’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulkəmorpheme-pɐm ‘sit’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulpɐm-pʰupmorpheme-kəmorpheme-hajmorpheme ‘sit for a long time’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulpɐm-rupmorpheme-kəmorpheme-hajmorpheme ‘sit without worry’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei2

Meitheipham ‘sit’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheipham ‘sit’Benedict 72 STC: 471

1.7.1.2Garo4

Garobam ‘submit, sit’Benedict 72 STC: 471

Garobam-atmorpheme ‘subdue’Benedict 72 STC: 471

Garobam-gipamorpheme ‘obedient’Benedict 72 STC: 471

Garobam-gopmorpheme ‘crouch, bow, stoop’Benedict 72 STC: 471

2.1.1Western Himalayish4

Kanauribam vs.‘defeated, lose’Benedict 72 STC: 471

Kanauribam◦migʻmorpheme v‘defeated / lose’Bailey 11

Kanauripham ‘defeat, win’Benedict 72 STC: 471

Kanauripham◦migʻmorpheme vt‘defeat / win’Bailey 11

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)ḥpham-pasuffix vs.‘beaten, conquered’Benedict 72 STC: 471

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchabam ‘remain’Benedict 72 STC: 471

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2149, *(b/p)am ‘BE DEFEATED / SIT / DEFEAT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2149

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

References: STC#471

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2149,
  title  = {{*(b/p)am 'BE DEFEATED / SIT / DEFEAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2149},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2149}
}