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STEDT #5740

*s-nam

GOOD
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Bodo-Garo*n(y)am ‘GOOD’

Notes

So far this root has been found mostly in Bodo-Garo, with good cognates in Ao (Central Naga) and Nungish. This root has some resemblance to #660 PTB *s-na GOOD, but should probably be considered as quite separate.

The *s- prefix is implied by the Bodo forms with initial h-, as well as by the pre-glottalization in the Anong form.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)2

*Aoaprefix-nəm be v.‘WELL, SATISFIED’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.257
Ao (Chungli)a²prefixnəm² be v.‘well’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.257

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

1.7.1.1Bodo6

Bodogamorpheme◦ham ‘good’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodoham◦gəwmorpheme ‘good’Bhat 68 Boro
Dimasaham◦bamorpheme ‘good’Marrison 67 Naga
Dimasaham◦yamorpheme ‘bad’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.2Garo4

Garo (Bangladesh)bang•morpheme-emorpheme nam-jamorpheme vph‘not very good’Burling 03 Garo: 3.453-II:idx
Garo (Bangladesh)nam-hangmorpheme adv‘adequate; almost; good enough’Burling 03 Garo: 3.453-II:idx

1.7.1.3Koch2

Atongnem- adj1‘good’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongnem◦gynimorpheme n‘advantage, good fortune, good luck’van Breugel 08 Atong

4Nungic2

Nungɕɛ³¹morphemenɛm⁵⁵ɛ³¹morpheme ‘beautiful’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1060.21
Anongɕɛ³¹morphemeʔnɛm⁵⁵ɛ³¹morpheme ‘beautiful’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 847.44

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5740, *s-nam ‘GOOD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5740
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: HPTB:104
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5740,
  title  = {{*s-nam 'GOOD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5740},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5740}
}