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STEDT #262

*s-gram

CHEEK / FACE / JAW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

See alsoBANK/RIM

Notes

This is undoubtedly the same etymon as STC #39 *r-kaːm ‘edge, bank, precipice; lips, mouth’, but in view of the considerable semantic divergence, we are here treating them separately.

Reflexes & cognates85 reflexes · 12 subgroups

2.1.2.1Tibetan38

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ndʐæm-nbæsuffix ‘cheek’Sun J 85 Amdo: 129
Tibetan (Batang)dʐã⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵suffix ‘cheek’Dai 89 Bata: 3.11
Tibetan (Batang)ndʐɑ̃⁵⁵mba⁵³suffix n‘cheek’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0083.03
Tibetan (Jirel)Dāmsuffix ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Lhasa)tʂam¹³pa⁵⁵suffix n‘cheek’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0083.02
Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)dambasuffix ‘cheek’Bishop 89: 3.11
SherpaDamsuffix ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP
SherpaDammorpheme ‘jaw’Matisoff 87 BP
Spitiḍampasuffix ‘cheek’Bodh 91: 3.11
Tibetan (Spiti)dampasuffix ‘cheek’Sharma, S.R. 79 Sp
Tibetan (Written)gram-pasuffix ‘cheek’Sun J 85 TbGl: 129
Tibetan (Written)ḥgram-pasuffix ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)ʼgram-pasuffix ‘cheek, jaw’Luce 85: W.132
Tibetan (Written)ʼgrɑm-suffix ‘cheek’Luce 85: R.29

2.1.4Tamangish18

Gurung (Ghachok)krā̩ːhmumorpheme ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP
Gurung (Ghachok)krãːhmumorpheme ‘cheek’Glover 72 GuVo: 2.A.19
Manang (Prakaa)²krəmorpheme ‘cheek’Hoshi 84: 0015
Tamang (Bagmati)gramʱ-pasuffix ‘cheek’Weidert 87 TBTo: 750
Tamang (Risiangku)³krampasuffix n‘cheek’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 3.11
Tamang (Sahu)krāhmsuffix ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP
Tamang (Sahu)krahmpasuffix ‘cheek’Taylor 72 TmVo: 2.19
Thakali (Tukche)Tahmpasuffix ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP
Thakali (Tukche)ʈɔhmsuffix ‘cheek’Hari 71a ThVo: 2.A.19
Thakali (Tukche)ᴴkəm- ‘lower jaw, chin <mm>’Mazaudon 94 These: 24

3.3rGyalrongic2

Ergong (Northern)nɟjam³³ pa³³suffix ‘cheek’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 3.11
Ergong (Northern)nɟjam³³ pa³³suffix ku⁵³morpheme ki³³morpheme ‘cheekbone’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 3.11.1

3.3.1rGyalrong2

rGyalrongprefix mɟja ‘jaw’Dai 89 Jiar: 3.13
rGyalrongprefix mɟja maimorpheme morpheme ‘lower jaw / mandible’Dai 89 Jiar: 3.13.1

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Chinese (Mandarin)liaanjiarmorpheme ‘cheek’Sun J 85 ChGl: 129

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #262, *s-gram ‘CHEEK / FACE / JAW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/262
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-262,
  title  = {{*s-gram 'CHEEK / FACE / JAW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #262},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/262}
}