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STEDT #4088

*dam

HEALTHY / WELL
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ɗam ‘HEALTHY / WELL’

Notes

This root is well-established in Kuki-Chin but also has good cognates elsewhere. The cognacy of the Achang forms has not been proven.

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin8

Paitehihmorpheme dam ‘heal’VanBik 09 PKC: 88
Sizangdam sakmorpheme hīmorpheme ‘cure’VanBik 09 PKC: 88
Thadodám-I, dàm-II ‘well (not sick)’VanBik 09 PKC: 88
Tiddim-dam/ˋdam v‘well’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddimdam² ‘healthy’VanBik 09 PKC: 88
Tiddimdam² vi‘healthy’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 204
Tiddimdam² ‘healthy; feel cold’Bhaskararao 94 TCV
Tiddimˋdam/ˋdam v‘heal / make well’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Falam)dǎm-INV be v.‘healthy, well’VanBik 09 PKC: 88
Lai (Hakha)dâm-I, dǎm-II be v.‘healthy, well’VanBik 09 PKC: 88
Lushai [Mizo]dám be v.‘healthy, to be living, to be well’VanBik 09 PKC: 88

1.7.1.2Garo2

Garo (Bangladesh)da'm-bakmorpheme-amorpheme ‘stocky, healthy and strong but not slim, of children; low bushy plants, flat noses like Mandi, large round faces, non-pointed end of a pen; not tall, of a gimbi’Burling 92 GaBa
Garo (Bangladesh)da'm-bakmorpheme-bakmorpheme ‘stocky, healthy and strong but not slim, of children; low bushy plants, flat noses like Mandi, large round faces, non-pointed end of a pen; not tall, of a gimbi’Burling 92 GaBa

2.1.1Western Himalayish3

Kanauridăm adj/adv‘good / well / healthy’Bailey 11
Kanauridăm◦baʻs̱ẖmorpheme adj/adv‘good / well / healthy’Bailey 11
Kanauridăm◦khmorpheme adj/adv‘good / well / healthy’Bailey 11

6.1.1Burmish4

Achang (Xiandao)tom³⁵ ‘beautiful / pleasant to the eyes’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1093.29

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4088, *dam ‘HEALTHY / WELL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4088
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. PKC #88
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4088,
  title  = {{*dam 'HEALTHY / WELL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4088},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4088}
}