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STEDT #2639

*s-ryam

SHARP

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handles-ryprefixsinitial)ryrhymeamcoverL · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*hriam ‘SHARP / POINTED’PKC #1099

Connections

HPTB*s-ryam ‘sharp’pp. 77, 299

Chinese comparandum

銛 OC *sri̯ɑm, GSR #621a ‘sharp’; Mand. xiān.
剡 OC *di̯ɑm, GSR #617d-e ‘sharp’; B & S 2011: *N-r[a]mʔ; Mand. yǎn.
覃 OC *di̯ɛm, GSR #646a ‘sharp’; B & S 2011: *N-r[a]mʔ; Mand. yǎn.
廉 OC *gli̯ɑm, GSR #627l ‘angle, angular’; B & S 2011: *rem {[r]em}; Mand. lián.
磏 OC *gli̯ɑm, GSR #627m ‘sharp, keen (of whetstone)’; Mand. lián.
鎌 OC *gli̯ɑm, GSR #646n ‘sickle’; B & S 2011: *rem {[r]em}; Mand. lián.

Tentative: 劍 *s.kram-s {s.kr[a]m-s}

Karlgren’s OC reconstruction *si̯ɑm for GSR #621a was revised to *sri̯ɑm in STC 171.

Reflexes & cognates17 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinhriam ‘SHARP / POINTED’VanBik 09 PKC: 1099

1.2.1.1Northern Chin7

Sizanghīam hī ‘sharpen (of a blade), pointed’VanBik 09 PKC: 1099

Thadoăprefix◦hem ‘sharp’Benedict 72 STC: 53n179

Thadohíen-I, hìen-II ‘sharpen to a point (stick)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1099

Tiddim-hiam/ˋhiam v‘sharp’Henderson 65 TidC

Tiddimhiam² ‘sharp’VanBik 09 PKC: 1099

Tiddimhiam² vi‘sharp’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 458

Tiddimhiam² ‘sharp’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Mkaangxaːm ‘sharp’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 247

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)hrîam-I, hrǐam-II be v.‘sharp (as knife), pointed (as spear)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1099

Lai (Falam)hrǐam-I, hrìam-II be v.‘sharp, pointed’VanBik 09 PKC: 1099

Lushai [Mizo]hriam ‘sharp’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]hríam ‘sharp, keen-edged’VanBik 09 PKC: 1099

Lushai [Mizo]hriam vi‘sharp’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2463

Lushai [Mizo]hriam ‘sharp, weapon, tool’Benedict 72 STC: 53n179

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]hrai ‘sharp, keen as a razor’VanBik 09 PKC: 1099

2.3Kiranti1

*Kirantiŕen- be v.‘sharp’Opgenort 11 Tilung

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)sri̯am / si̯äm ‘sharp’Benedict 72 STC: 171n457

Chinese (Old/Mid)sri̯ɑm/si̯ɑ̈m ‘sharp’Chou 72: 621a

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2639, *s-ryam ‘SHARP’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2639

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

References: cf. STC p.53, 171n457; HPTB pp. 77, 299; STC done

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2639,
  title  = {{*s-ryam 'SHARP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2639},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2639}
}