*siam

MAKE / CREATE

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinsiam VanBik 09 PKC: 662

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Thadosǐem-I, sìem-II ‘make, create, asseemble’VanBik 09 PKC: 662

Tiddimsiam¹ ‘be an expert (i.e. be a creator)’VanBik 09 PKC: 662

Tiddimsiam¹ v‘be an expert’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1572

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)sîam-I, sǐam-II ‘make, create’VanBik 09 PKC: 662

Lushai [Mizo]síam v‘create, to make, to form, to get ready’VanBik 09 PKC: 662

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4662, *siam ‘MAKE / CREATE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4662

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

References: PKC #662

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4662,
  title  = {{*siam 'MAKE / CREATE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4662},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4662}
}