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STEDT #5360

*g-ram

INDIGO
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This root has been borrowed into Proto-Tai (*graamA) from Chinese.

Chinese comparandum

藍 OC *glɑ̂m, GSR #609k; B & S 2011: *N-k.rˁam; Mand. lán.

Reflexes & cognates17 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

2.1.3Lepcha1

9.0.1Old Chinese7

Chinese (Old/Mid)/glɑ̂m ‘indigo’Chou 72: 609k
Chinese (Old)g-ram ‘indigo’Baxter 92: 127
Chinese (Old)g-ram ‘indigo’Baxter 92: 263
Chinese (Old)g-ram ‘indigo’Baxter 92: 538
Chinese (Old)glɑ̂m ‘indigo’Chou 72: 609k
Chinese (Old)Nprefix-k.rˤam ‘indigo’BaxterSagart 2011: 1625

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5360, *g-ram ‘INDIGO’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5360
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.299
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5360,
  title  = {{*g-ram 'INDIGO'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5360},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5360}
}