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STEDT #3444

*mam

WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlemaminitialmrhymeamcoverM · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*mam ‘PLACENTA’JS-HCST: 170

Connections

Allofams

Notes

This etymon probably also stands in an allofamic relationship with #674 PTB *pʷam WOMB / PLACENTA / BELLY / STOMACH / NEST, in view of the identical rhymes that they share. Perhaps these forms with initial m- descend from fusions with the bodypart prefix *mi- (< *mi-n ‘person’) #1002 PPC *r-mi(y)-n PERSON / MAN, i.e. *mi-wam or *mi-pam.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanimam ‘placenta’Sun J 93 HCST: 295

1.1.1.1Western Tani7

Bengninɯmorpheme-mam ‘placenta’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengninɯmorpheme-mam ‘fontanel’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarnəmorpheme ma n‘placenta’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0119.24
Bokarnəmorpheme-mam ‘placenta’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokarnəmorpheme-mam ‘womb’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar Lhobanəmorpheme◦mam ‘placenta’Sun H 80 MLD
Galonəmorpheme◦mam n.‘placenta’GLDC 09 Galo

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani3

Padam [Abor]aprefix-mam ‘placenta’Sun J 93 HCST
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]aprefix◦mam ‘placenta’Matisoff 87 BP
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]mam-rukmorpheme ‘womb’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2Bodic1

Tshona (Mama)nᴀm¹³ nᴀŋ⁵⁵morpheme ‘placenta’Sun H 80 MLD

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Bantawamon ‘placenta’Bantawa mon apparently shows dissimilation of the second nasal.Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.4Western Kiranti2

Hayutsat#679 PTB *tsat ‘WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST’-nom-rimorpheme ‘placenta’Hayu -nom- seems to show dissimilation of the first nasal (cf. Tshona (Mama) nᴀm¹³; contrast Bantawa).Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3444, *mam ‘WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3444
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3444,
  title  = {{*mam 'WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3444},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3444}
}