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STEDT #5373

*sam

RUN / WALK
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-ʃaːm ‘RUN / WALK’PCN #120
Tangkhulic*sam ‘RUN / FLEE’DRM#440

Notes

This root is well attested in the NE Indian areal group, but has not yet been found elsewhere.

Reflexes & cognates24 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.3“Naga” Areal Group2

Maringchan v‘run’Marrison 67 Naga
Maringchan◦phamorpheme v‘run’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)18

*Aoaprefix-səm ‘RUN’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.104
Ao (Chungli)a²prefixsəm² v.‘run’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.104
Ao (Chungli)aprefix◦süm v‘run’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)āprefix◦sɯ̄m v.‘run’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 3
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)səm tsə̀morpheme v.‘run [ran]’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagae¹prefix-san¹- v.‘run (fast)’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.120
Lotha Nagaeprefix◦san v‘run’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaeprefix◦san◦asuffix ‘run’Murry 78: 106
Lotha Nagasam◦phiamorpheme-imorpheme v‘walk’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagasan◦phimorpheme◦asuffix ‘walk’Murry 78: 135
Sangtamshang ‘run’Kumar 73 Sang
Sangtamshang v‘walk’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtamshang◦vümorpheme v‘run’Marrison 67 Naga
Yacham-Tengsaaprefix◦sam◦batmorpheme v‘run’Marrison 67 Naga
Yacham-Tengsaaprefix◦sam◦batmorpheme v‘walk’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic6

Kachaikəmorpheme-sam ‘run / flee’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.009
Tangkhulngamorpheme◦sam v‘run’Marrison 67 Naga
Ukhrulkʰəmorpheme-ŋəmorpheme-sam ‘run’Mortensen 12 Tk
Ukhrulkʰəmorpheme-ŋəmorpheme-sɐm ‘run, flee’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Wanchoaprefix◦ham v‘walk’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5373, *sam ‘RUN / WALK’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5373
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5373,
  title  = {{*sam 'RUN / WALK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5373},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5373}
}