STEDT #2611
*ri(ː)m
RATTAN / CANE
Reconstruction analysis
handleriːminitialrrhymei(ː)mcoverL · N
Connections
HPTB*ri(ː)m ‘cane / rattan’pp. 43, 271
Notes
STC sets up this root with a long vowel without explanation, probably because of the retention of the original vowel in the Lepcha form, since Lepcha tends to lower short *high vowels in closed syllables.
The WB form seems to reflect a k- prefix unattested elsewhere.
Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 5 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1
1.7.3.1Jingpho1
Jingphorim ‘cane, rattan’This is a bound form in Jingpho, occurring in the name of particular rattan species like rīm-khá, rīm-šàt, rīm-šīn. The free form for rattan is an open syllable, rī < *rey.Benedict 72 STC: 107n301
2.1.3Lepcha1
6.1.1Burmish2
7Karenic15
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2611,
*ri(ː)m ‘RATTAN / CANE’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2611Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC p.107, HPTB pp.43, 271
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2611,
title = {{*ri(ː)m 'RATTAN / CANE'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2611},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2611}
}