*r-tsam

URINE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handletsamprefixrinitialtsrhymeamcoverTS · N

Connections

Poss. allofam*sum ‘URINE’

Notes

This root resembles PTani #1730 PTani *sum URINE, but we are keeping it separate for the time being.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Bodozəm-dəimorpheme ‘urine’Bodo dəi ‘water’.Matisoff 87 BP

Bodozəm◦dəymorpheme ‘urine’Bhat 68 Boro

Tamang (Sahu)'cyam 'puŋmorpheme-pasuffix v.‘urinate’Taylor 72 TmVo: 13.B.8

Tamang (Sahu)²tsjam ‘urine’Mazaudon 94 These: 322

Tamang (Sahu)ʼcyām ‘urine’Matisoff 87 BP

Tamang (Sahu)ʼcyām ʼpungmorpheme-pāsuffix v.‘piss’Matisoff 87 BP

Tamang (Taglung)tsjam ‘urine’Mazaudon 94 These: 322

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #654, *r-tsam ‘URINE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/654

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-654,
  title  = {{*r-tsam 'URINE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #654},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/654}
}