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STEDT #487

*ʔam

EAT / DRINK
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleə/amrhymeə/amcoverN

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*Ɂamᴮ ‘EAT’TL#98

Chinese comparandum

飲 OC *ʔi̯əm, GSR #654a ‘drink (v.)’; Schuessler 2007:573-4 *ʔəmʔ; B & S 2011: *qəmʔ {q(r)[ə]mʔ}; Mand. yǐn.
飲 OC *ʔi̯əm, GSR #654a ‘give to drink’; Schuessler 2007:573-4 *ʔəms; B & S 2011: *qəmʔ-s {q(r)[ə]mʔ-s}; Mand. yìn.

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmanəm ‘eat / drink’Chou 72: 654a

2.1.5Dhimal1

Dhimalam ‘drink’Coblin 86: 95

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

4Nungic3

Anongam ‘eat’Coblin 86: 95
Anongɑm⁵³ ‘eat’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 533.44
Anongɛm⁵⁵ ‘eat’Sun J 88 Ano

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old/Mid)i̯əm ‘eat / drink’Chou 72: 654a

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #487, *ʔam ‘EAT / DRINK’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/487
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#481, HPTB pp. 298, 533
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-487,
  title  = {{*ʔam 'EAT / DRINK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #487},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/487}
}