*yam

STRETCH / SUSPEND

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinyam VanBik 09 PKC: 1238

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Cho (Mindat)yam v‘suspend or hang up sth in the air, to have dried in the sun’VanBik 09 PKC: 1238

Khumiayang ‘stretch (the body)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1238

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)zâm-I, zǎm-II ‘strectch or suspend (as rope), spread (as net)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1238

Lushai [Mizo]zâm v‘stretch from one post/object to another (as clothes line, spider web, etc.), to spread or set (as cloth, net, birdlime)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1238

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5238, *yam ‘STRETCH / SUSPEND’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5238

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

References: PKC #1238

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5238,
  title  = {{*yam 'STRETCH / SUSPEND'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5238},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5238}
}