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STEDT #3469

*(p/b)wam

LOVE / DESIRE / COPULATE
NE Indian Areal Group

Reconstruction analysis

handlepaminitialprhymeamcoverP · N

Notes

This root is solidly attested in the NE Indian Areal Group (Chin [Lai], Naga [Lotha, Phom] and Meithei), but so far it has not been discovered anywhere else.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lai (Hakha)pom ‘copulate, make love’Matisoff 87 BP: D.Van Bik

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Lotha Nagachimorpheme◦pon v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei2

Meitheipam v‘desire’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Phombam v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3469, *(p/b)wam ‘LOVE / DESIRE / COPULATE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3469
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("KMR")
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3469,
  title  = {{*(p/b)wam 'LOVE / DESIRE / COPULATE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3469},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3469}
}