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STEDT #5462

*s-nam

HEADSTRAP, TUMPLINE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*nam ‘BASKET STRAP’DRM#433

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Tiddimˊnam n‘family / clan; strap for carrying loads’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]hnam ‘strap passing across the forehead to carry loads’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1163

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)2

Ao (Chungli)³aprefix¹nɯm ‘headstrap / tumpline’Weidert 87 TBTo: 165
Lotha Naga¹oprefix³nhyan(ʔ) ‘headstrap / tumpline’Weidert 87 TBTo: 165

1.3.4Tangkhulic4

*Tangkhulicnam ‘basket strap’Mortensen 12 Tk: 433
Huishuamorpheme-kʰəmorpheme-nam ‘basket strap’Mortensen 12 Tk
Huishuʔamorpheme-kʰəmorpheme-nam ‘basket strap’Mortensen 12 Tk: Implements.017
Kachaiʔamorpheme-nam ‘basket strap’Mortensen 12 Tk: Implements.011

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]semorpheme◦nām(ʔ) ‘headstrap / tumpline’Weidert 87 TBTo: 165
Mikir [Karbi]siŋmorpheme◦nām(ʔ) ‘headstrap / tumpline’Weidert 87 TBTo: 165

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Sherpanɪ̱m◦inmorpheme ‘headstrap / tumpline’Weidert 87 TBTo: 165

2.3Kiranti1

Kharmilelomorpheme◦nom ‘headstrap / tumpline’Weidert 87 TBTo: 165

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti4

Limbukhaʔmorpheme◦nam ‘headstrap / tumpline’Weidert 87 TBTo: 165
Limbukheʔmorpheme◦nam ‘headstrap / tumpline’Weidert 87 TBTo: 165
Limbunam ‘string (of bow), handle (attached at both ends), strap’Driem 88? LimA
Yamphewamorpheme◦nam ‘headstrap / tumpline’Weidert 87 TBTo: 165

2.3.2Southern Kiranti4

Bantawanem◦laŋmorpheme ‘headstrap / tumpline’Weidert 87 TBTo: 165
Bantawaneŋ◦lammorpheme ‘headstrap / tumpline’Weidert 87 TBTo: 165
Kulungbhəmorpheme◦namə ‘tumpline’Rai 75 Kul
Kulungbomorpheme◦nam ‘headstrap / tumpline’Weidert 87 TBTo: 165

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Thulungnam◦phlemmorpheme ‘loop on a basket to hold the tumpline’Allen 75

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5462, *s-nam ‘HEADSTRAP, TUMPLINE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5462
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5462,
  title  = {{*s-nam 'HEADSTRAP, TUMPLINE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5462},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5462}
}