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STEDT #5675

*yum

BELIEVE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*yuum ‘BELIEVE’PKC #1189
Karenic*jɨmᴮ ‘BELIEVE’TL#19

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Ashoyón-é ‘believe’VanBik 09 PKC: 1189
Cho (Mindat)yum v‘believe, to trust’VanBik 09 PKC: 1189

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Falam)zùum-I, zûm-II ‘believe’VanBik 09 PKC: 1189
Lai (Hakha)zǔum-I, zumʔ-II ‘believe’VanBik 09 PKC: 1189

1.2.3Maraic1

6.1.1Burmish11

Achang (Longchuan)jom³⁵ v.‘believe / trust’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1725.28
Achang (Xiandao)jum³⁵ v.‘believe / trust’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1725.29
Burmese (Rangoon)jõ²² v.‘believe / trust’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1725.27
Burmese (Written)juṁ² v.‘believe / trust’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1725.26
Burmese (Written)yuṁ v.‘believe, trust’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)əprefix-yuṁ v.‘believe, trust’Benedict 76 WBur
Hpun (Northern)yᴜ́m, yúm ‘believe’Henderson 86 Hpun

6.1.2.2Central Loloish3

Lahu (Lancang)ʑo³¹ v.‘believe / trust’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1725.43
Lahu (Black)yō(n) v.‘believe’Lahu yō(n) is a borrowing from Burmese, probably via Shan.Matisoff 88 DL: 1279

7Karenic7

*Karenjɨmᴮ ‘believe’Luangthongkum 13: 19
Kayahji¹¹ ‘believe’Luangthongkum 13: 19
Kayanɟɨ¹¹ ‘believe’Luangthongkum 13: 19
Kayawjɨ¹¹ ‘believe’Luangthongkum 13: 19
Pa-O (Southern)jəm⁵⁵~jən⁵⁵ ‘believe’Luangthongkum 13: 19
Pa-Ojɨ̂m ʔámmorpheme ‘believe’Solnit 89 PaO

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5675, *yum ‘BELIEVE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5675
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5675,
  title  = {{*yum 'BELIEVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5675},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5675}
}