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STEDT #6150

*s-klum

SWEET
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*khlum ‘SWEET’PKC #1305

Chinese comparandum

甘 OC *kɑ̂m, GSR #606a ‘sweet’; *kˁam {[k]ˁ[a]m}; Mand. kān.

Note: PTB *um > am in Lepcha ‘sweet’; also PST *um > *am in Chinese 三 ‘three’.

Reflexes & cognates28 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin8

Paitekhum ‘sweet’VanBik 09 PKC: 1305
Sizanghtum hī ‘sweet’VanBik 09 PKC: 1305
Thadohlúm-I, hlùm-II ‘sweet’VanBik 09 PKC: 1305
Tiddimci³morpheme khum¹ ‘sugar’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 155
Tiddimkhum² ‘sweet’VanBik 09 PKC: 1305
Tiddimkhum² vi‘sweet’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 846
Tiddimkhum² ‘sweet...’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.2Central Chin7

Lai (Hakha)thlûm-I, thlǔm-II ‘sweet’VanBik 09 PKC: 1305
Lai (Falam)thlǔm-I, thlùm-II ‘sweet’VanBik 09 PKC: 1305
Lushai [Mizo]chimorpheme◦thlum ‘sugar’Marrison 67 Naga
Lushai [Mizo]thlúm be v.‘sweet, to taste sweet’VanBik 09 PKC: 1305

1.2.3Maraic2

Lakher [Mara]lòmorpheme-thlò-pámorpheme ‘sweets, sugar’VanBik 09 PKC: 1305
Lakher [Mara]thlò be v.‘sweet’VanBik 09 PKC: 1305

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

1.3.3Zeme Group5

Khoiraokaprefix◦hum◦basuffix ‘sweet’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeikaprefix◦hum◦busuffix ‘sweet’Marrison 67 Naga
Maramkum ‘sweet’Marrison 67 Naga
Puironthum◦numorpheme ‘sweet’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemekeprefix◦kum◦besuffix ‘sweet’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei2

Meitheiaprefix◦thum◦bamorpheme ‘sweet’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.3Lepcha3

Lepchakhlyam ‘sweet’The -y- medial in Lepcha derives from the PTB *s- prefix, see Benedict (1941).Benedict 72 STC: 75n231
Lepchaklyam be v.‘sweet’Plaisier 07 Lepcha
Lepchaʔáprefix◦klyam adj.‘sweet’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6150, *s-klum ‘SWEET’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6150
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: JAM-HPTB: 596
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6150,
  title  = {{*s-klum 'SWEET'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6150},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6150}
}