STEDT #646

*t-lam

EGG / TESTICLE

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This root is attested in Himalayish (including Tsangla), Abor-Miri-Dafla, and also perhaps in Chang Naga. The Lepcha and rGyalrong forms are good evidence for prefixal t-, which seems to have preempted the root-initial in all the other forms.

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani7

Bengnitum-čɯr#6522 PTani *pjɯl ‘CLASSIFIER FOR SMALL ROUND OBJECTS’ kimorpheme-faːmorpheme ‘castrate’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokartum n‘testicle’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0117.24

Bokartum-litmorpheme ‘castrate’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokar Lhobatum litmorpheme ‘castrate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 610.51

Galoɨtprefix◦tum n.‘scrotum’GLDC 09 Galo

Galoɨtprefix◦tum n.‘testicles’GLDC 09 Galo

Galoˆɯt#643 PTB *ʔip ⪤ *ʔiːt ‘BAG / SCROTUM’PKC *ʔip ‘BAG / SACK’-tum ˋa#1654 PTB *pu ‘EGG’MesorootsPTani *pɯ ‘EGG’Allofams1 #1168 PTB *pʷu ‘EGG / BIRD / ROUND OBJECT’1a #301 PTB *ʔu ‘EGG / BIRD’1b #1654 PTB *pu ‘EGG’1c #1275 PTB *pu ‘BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT’◦pɤ ‘testicle’Weidert 87 TBTo: 617a

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani3

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]'et#643 PTB *ʔip ⪤ *ʔiːt ‘BAG / SCROTUM’PKC *ʔip ‘BAG / SACK’-tum ‘testes and scrotum’Matisoff 87 BP

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]tum-bungmorpheme ‘have swollen test.’Matisoff 87 BP

Damutəp-pɯ#1654 PTB *pu ‘EGG’MesorootsPTani *pɯ ‘EGG’Allofams1 #1168 PTB *pʷu ‘EGG / BIRD / ROUND OBJECT’1a #301 PTB *ʔu ‘EGG / BIRD’1b #1654 PTB *pu ‘EGG’1c #1275 PTB *pu ‘BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT’ ‘testicle’Sun J 93 Tani

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Changtam laŋ#2045 PTB *s-ruŋ ‘ROUNDED PART’ ‘testicle’French 83: 540

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Bunankhuarmorpheme◦tum ‘egg (of animal)’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 10.4.16

2.1.2Bodic6

Tsangla (Central)go#305 PTB *s/r-gwa-ŋ ‘EGG / TESTICLE’◦tham ‘egg’Andvik 93: 87

Tsangla (Motuo)go#305 PTB *s/r-gwa-ŋ ‘EGG / TESTICLE’-tham ‘egg’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 170.7

Tsangla (Motuo)go#305 PTB *s/r-gwa-ŋ ‘EGG / TESTICLE’◦tʰam ‘egg’Sun H 80 MLD

Tsangla (Motuo)ko¹³#305 PTB *s/r-gwa-ŋ ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ ham⁵⁵ ‘egg’Zhang Jichuan 86

Tsangla (Motuo)ko¹³#305 PTB *s/r-gwa-ŋ ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ tʰam⁵⁵ ‘egg’Zhang Jichuan 86

Tsangla (Tilang)goi#305 PTB *s/r-gwa-ŋ ‘EGG / TESTICLE’-tʰam ‘egg’Zhang Jichuan 86

2.1.3Lepcha5

Lepchatǎlam ‘scrotum, testicles’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchatǎlam sǎmorpheme tǎblyón̊#3471 PTB *s-blwaŋ ‘SCROTUM / POUCH / MALE (of animals)’PCN *puŋ ‘MALE (OF ANIMALS)’ ‘scrotum’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchatălam sămorpheme tăblyoŋ#3471 PTB *s-blwaŋ ‘SCROTUM / POUCH / MALE (of animals)’PCN *puŋ ‘MALE (OF ANIMALS)’ ‘scrotum’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchatǎlam tʻyen̊morpheme ‘testicle’According to Mainwaring/Grünwedel 1898:164, t'yeṅ means ‘the chief or most precious part’, as in să-bŭr t'yeṅ ‘the musk bag or gland of the musk-deer’.Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchatǎlam◦potmorpheme ‘testicle’Lepcha pot ‘fruit, ball’.Matisoff 87 BP

3.3.1rGyalrong3

rGyalrongtə lɛm ‘scrotum’Dai 89 Jiar: 10.3.4

rGyalrong (Eastern)təlam ndʐimorpheme ‘foreskin’Sun H 91 rEQ: 10.3.3

rGyalrong (Eastern)təlam tʃi#189 PTB *si ‘WATER’PTani *si ‘WATER’ ‘semen’Sun H 91 rEQ: 10.3.7

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #646, *t-lam ‘EGG / TESTICLE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/646

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-646,
  title  = {{*t-lam 'EGG / TESTICLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #646},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/646}
}