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STEDT #362

*tam

CARRY ON SHOULDER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

initialtrhymeam

Connections

HPTB*s-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘hair (body) / fur / feather’pp. 83, 384, 386, 388, 414, 419, 423, 496, 501, 505, 506, 508

Chinese comparandum

擔 OC *tɑ̂m, GSR 619k ‘carry on the shoulder’; B & S 2011: *mə-tˁam; Mand. tān.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetantam ‘carry on the shoulder’Coblin 86: 52

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmantam ‘carry on shoulder’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 614

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tusomkəmorpheme-tõ ‘carry on head’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.090

6.1.1Burmish11

Burmese (Written)htɑm³ ‘carry on a pole (two people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 592.39
Burmese (Written)htɑm³ ‘carry on shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 593.39
Burmese (Written)thâm ‘carry on shoulder’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)thàm ‘carry on the shoulder’Coblin 86: 52
Burmese (Written)thɑ̀m ‘carry (on the shoulder)’Chou 72: 619k
Burmese (Written)thɑm³ v.‘carry (sthg.) with a pole on t’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1676.26
Burmese (Written)thɑm³po³morpheme n‘pole (carrying / shoulder)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0618.26
Burmese (Written)tʻam⁴ v.‘carry on shoulder’Luce 85: Y.134
Burmese (Written)tʻaṁ⁴ v.‘carry on shoulder’Luce 85: Y.134
Burmese (Written)əprefix-thâm ‘carry on shoulder’Benedict 76 WBur

9.0.1Old Chinese5

Chinese (Old/Mid)tɑ̂m ‘carry (on the shoulder)’Chou 72: 619k
Chinese (Old)məmorpheme-tˤam ‘carry on the shoulder’BaxterSagart 2011: 465
Chinese (Old)tâm v.‘carry on shoulder’Luce 85: Y.134
Chinese (Old)tam ‘carry on the shoulder’Baxter 92: 1706
Chinese (Old)tam ‘carry on the shoulder’Coblin 86: 52

9.0.2Middle Chinese2

Chinese (Middle)tam ‘carry on the shoulder’BaxterSagart 2011: 465
Chinese (Middle)tâm ‘carry on the shoulder as a pole-load’Coblin 86: 52

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #362, *tam ‘CARRY ON SHOULDER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/362
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: HPTB p.298
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-362,
  title  = {{*tam 'CARRY ON SHOULDER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #362},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/362}
}