STEDT
STEDT #499

*lwam

THROAT

Reconstruction analysis

handlelominitiallrhymeomcoverL · N

Notes

This etymon, which never occurs as an initial syllable in a compound, bears a certain resemblance to #1017 PTB *lam ROAD, with a putative semantic association based on the throat’s being a pathway to the interior of the body.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 6 subgroups

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Limbuthomorphemetomorphemeromsuffix ‘throat / gullet / esophagus’Matisoff 87 BP
Yakhaikmorphemelaːm ‘throat / gullet / pharynx’For Yakha ik, cf. *ik STC #113 STRANGLE/THROTTLE.Kohn 90: 4.2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #499, *lwam ‘THROAT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/499
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-499,
  title  = {{*lwam 'THROAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #499},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/499}
}