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STEDT #5696

*dam

CHOOSE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This etymon is provisionally set up for PTB, but may just be a Tibetan word that has been borrowed into adjacent languages. Further confirmation of this root outside of the Tibetosphere would solidify this reconstruction. (This etymology is due to Liberty Lidz.)

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Bokardam v.‘choose / pick’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1675.24

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Batang)dɑ̃¹³ v.‘choose / pick’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1675.03
Tibetan (Lhasa)tam¹³² v.‘choose / pick’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1675.02

2.1.4Tamangish7

*TGTMᴬdam v‘choose’Mazaudon 94 These: 508
Gurung (Ghachok)tãh◦basuffix v.‘choose’Glover 72 GuVo: 7.B.3.10
Gurung³tã- v‘choose’Mazaudon 94 These: 508
Tamang (Sahu)tahm-pasuffix v.‘choose’Taylor 72 TmVo: 19.10
Tamang (Sahu)³tam ‘choose, to compare’Mazaudon 94 These: 508
Thakali (Tukche)ʈɔhm-lɔmorpheme ‘choose’Hari 71a ThVo: 7.B.3.10 1

3.2Qiangic1

Pumi (Lanping)xə¹³morphemedɑ̃u¹³ v.‘choose / pick’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1675.09

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrong (Jinchuan Erkai)ˈdɑm◦bɑimorpheme v‘choose it’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1181

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5696, *dam ‘CHOOSE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5696
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: LL
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5696,
  title  = {{*dam 'CHOOSE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5696},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5696}
}