*tham

CARESS / GROPE / TOUCH (with hand)

Proto-Kuki-Chin

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chintham VanBik 09 PKC: 376

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadothâm-I, thàm-II ‘touch (with hand)’VanBik 09 PKC: 376

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumipthang ‘grope in the dark for something, feel around for’VanBik 09 PKC: 376

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)thâm-I, thǎm-II ‘caress, touch (with hand), grope’VanBik 09 PKC: 376

Lai (Falam)thám-INV ‘caress, touch (with hand), grope’VanBik 09 PKC: 376

Lushai [Mizo]thǎm v‘feel around, to feel with the hand’VanBik 09 PKC: 376

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]paprefix-thá ‘caress, grope’VanBik 09 PKC: 376

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4376, *tham ‘CARESS / GROPE / TOUCH (with hand)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4376

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

References: PKC #376

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4376,
  title  = {{*tham 'CARESS / GROPE / TOUCH (with hand)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4376},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4376}
}