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STEDT #673

*pam

WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlepamprefixNinitialprhymeamcoverP · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*bɐm ‘UTERUS / WOMB’DRM#710

Connections

Allofams
HPTB*pʷam ‘belly’pp. 47, 61

Notes

The same semantic association between PLACENTA and NEST is found in many TB languages, e.g. Lahu yâ-phɨ(-tɛ) literally, “child-nest” (#1611 PTB *kʷəy NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA).

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.4Meithei1

Meitheinawmorpheme phəm ‘placenta’Singh 91 MeiQ: 10.4.11

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Lalung [Tiwa]pum◦basuffix ‘womb’Balawan 65: 56

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #673, *pam ‘WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/673
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-673,
  title  = {{*pam 'WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #673},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/673}
}