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STEDT #5007

*laam

DANCE

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Chinese comparandum

冘 OC *d’i̯əm, GSR #656a ‘walk (v.)’; Schuessler 2007:572 *ləm; Mand. yín.

Comment: This comparandum is suggested by Schuessler (ibid.), who also relates 冘 yín to #1017 PTB *lam ROAD.

Reflexes & cognates28 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinlaam VanBik 09 PKC: 1007

1.2.1.1Northern Chin10

Sizanglām hī ‘dance’VanBik 09 PKC: 1007

Thadoláam-I, làam-II ‘dance’VanBik 09 PKC: 1007

Thadolám ‘drill / dance’Thirumalai 72: 53

Tiddim-laːm/ˋlaːm v‘dance’Henderson 65 TidC

Tiddimlaːm² ‘dance, float’VanBik 09 PKC: 1007

Tiddimlaːm² v‘dance; float’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 897

Tiddimlaːm² ‘dance, float’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

Tiddimlaːm³ >morpheme lap³ v‘lift; wave; dance ceremoniously carrying the head’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 898

Tiddimˋlaːm n‘dance / dancing’Henderson 65 TidC

Tiddimˋlaːm/ˍlapmorpheme v‘dance carrying an animal's head; lift up’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin11

Asholawnˊˊ ‘dance’VanBik 09 PKC: 1007

Chinbonlam ‘dance’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 198

Cho (Mindat)ngmorpheme-lam nakmorpheme ‘dance, dancing’VanBik 09 PKC: 1007

Daaiŋ ̩morpheme◦laːm ‘dance’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 198

Khumilãn ‘dance’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 198

Khumiláng ‘dance’VanBik 09 PKC: 1007

Matulam ‘dance’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 198

Mkaanglaːm ‘dance’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 198

Ngmüünŋ̩morpheme◦laːm ‘dance’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 198

Nyhmoyeŋ̩morpheme◦lam ‘dance’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 198

Wakungmᵊmorpheme◦lãn ‘dance’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 198

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Hakha)lâam-I, lǎam-II ‘dance’VanBik 09 PKC: 1007

Lai (Falam)lǎam-I, làm-II ‘dance’VanBik 09 PKC: 1007

Lushai [Mizo]làam-I, lâm-II v‘dance, to parade, to celebrate with dancing’VanBik 09 PKC: 1007

Lushai [Mizo]lam v‘dance’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]laːm v‘dance’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2618

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]là v‘dance’VanBik 09 PKC: 1007

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Puironlam v‘dance’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5007, *laam ‘DANCE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5007

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

References: PKC #1007

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5007,
  title  = {{*laam 'DANCE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5007},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5007}
}