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STEDT #5397

*hyam

SALTY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Chinese comparandum

鹹 OC *g’ɛm, GSR #671f ‘salty’; B & S 2011: *Cə.gˤrom {Cə.[g]ˤr[o]m}; Mand. xián.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)2

*Sino-Tibetangryam ‘salt / salty’Coblin 86: 128
*Sino-Tibetangyam(ʔ) ‘salt / salty’Chou 72: 671f

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang3

Chepanghlam- va.‘have taste (sp.), tangy, salty (not excessively)’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepanghlam-ʔomorpheme ‘salty’Caughley 72 CVoc: 12.B.26
Chepanghlam.ʔomorpheme adj‘salty (slightly)’Hale 73 CSD: 12b.26

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

7Karenic6

*Karenhyɑm ‘salty’Chou 72: 671f
Karenhɔ̱⁵⁵ ‘salty’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1076.50
Pwoɣɑ ‘salt / salty’Chou 72: 671f
Sgawhɔ ‘salt / salty’Chou 72: 671f

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)gʻɛm/ɣɑ̌m ‘salt / salty’Chou 72: 671f
Chinese (Old)Cəprefix.gˤrom {Cə.[g]ˤr[o]m} ‘salty’BaxterSagart 2011: 3044

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5397, *hyam ‘SALTY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5397
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 299; HPTB DONE
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5397,
  title  = {{*hyam 'SALTY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5397},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5397}
}