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STEDT #5610

*nwam

PUSH / PRESS

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*nam ⪤ *nom ‘PUSH / PRESS / PRINT’PKC #828

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 11 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani8

Apataninàm-pamorpheme ‘push’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataninam-paʔmorpheme ‘push’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarnum ‘push’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarnum v.‘push / shove’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1689.24

Bokarnum tenmorpheme ‘press (with palm or finger)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1129.24

Bokarnum tenmorpheme v.‘press / push down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1745.24

Bokarnum-tenmorpheme ‘press (down)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokar Lhoba(nɯm)num ‘push’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 563.51

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Milangnam-mukmorpheme-mamorpheme ‘press’Tayeng 76 Mil

Milangnam-mukmorpheme-mamorpheme ‘push’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinnam ⪤ nom ‘PUSH / PRESS / PRINT’VanBik 09 PKC: 828

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Paitenam kai ‘print’VanBik 09 PKC: 828

Thadonôm-I, nòm-II ‘press’VanBik 09 PKC: 828

Thadonʌ̀m ‘press’Thirumalai 72: 41

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)nâm-I, nǎm-II ‘push, press, print’VanBik 09 PKC: 828

Lai (Falam)nám-I, nàm-II ‘push, press, print’VanBik 09 PKC: 828

Lushai [Mizo]nam v‘push’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]nǎm v‘push, to push against, to knock against, to press or thrust against’VanBik 09 PKC: 828

Lushai [Mizo]nem v‘press’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]nem v‘press’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2711

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]nà ⪤ ná v‘push’VanBik 09 PKC: 828

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)5

Ao (Chungli)-nɯ̄m v.‘press’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 2

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)nəm v.‘press [pressed]’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)nəm-ukmorpheme v.‘put into mouth (probably 'press' + INTO)’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)təprefix-nəm-pháŋmorpheme-pàʔsuffix n.‘cover (NZP + 'press' + COVER + NR)’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagan̯īm◦òsuffix v.‘press’Acharya 75

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Rongmei / Nruanghmeinim◦keimorpheme v‘press’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic4

Tangkhulnam ‘press’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulnəm ‘press’Bhat 69 TNV: 94

Ukhrulkʰəprefix-nam ‘press, stuff, push’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulkʰəprefix-nɐm ‘press, push, seal’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei1

Meitheinəm-bəmorpheme v.‘press’Abbi 85

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphonum◦tinmorpheme v.‘push back the prepuce’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5610, *nwam ‘PUSH / PRESS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5610

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5610,
  title  = {{*nwam 'PUSH / PRESS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5610},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5610}
}