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STEDT #680

*s-lam

WOMB / PLACENTA
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

prefixsinitiallrhymeamcoverP · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*hlam ‘PLACENTA / AFTERBIRTH’PKC #1116
Tangkhulic*laam ‘PLACENTA’DRM#770

Connections

HPTB*s-lam ‘womb / placenta’p. 250

Notes

This etymon is now considered be a separate etymon from the phonologically similar root #670 PTB *s-b-rum WOMB / PLACENTA. See VSTB pp. 224-227; TBRS #97; HPTB p. 250.

Reflexes & cognates28 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5

*Tibeto-Burmans-lam ‘womb / placenta’Mortensen 12 Tk
*Tibeto-Burmans-lam ‘womb / placenta’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 599
*Tibeto-Burmans-lum ⪤ s-lam ⪤ s-rum ⪤ s-ram ‘womb / placenta’Matisoff 78 VSTB
*Tibeto-Burmans-lwam ⪤ s-rwam ‘womb / placenta’Matisoff 78 VSTB
*Tibeto-Burmans-rum ⪤ s-lum ⪤ s-ram ⪤ s-lam ‘womb / belly’Matisoff 83 TIL: 52

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinhlam ‘PLACENTA / AFTERBIRTH’VanBik 09 PKC: 1116

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Tiddimlam ‘placenta’Matisoff 78 VSTB
Tiddimˋlam ‘placenta’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)hlâm ‘placenta, the afterbirth’VanBik 09 PKC: 1116
Lushai [Mizo]hlam ‘placenta’Matisoff 87 BP
Lushai [Mizo]hlàm ‘placenta, the afterbirth’VanBik 09 PKC: 1116

1.2.3Maraic1

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Huishuʔamorpheme-nowmorpheme-lam ‘amniotic sac / bag of waters / placenta / afterbirth’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.322
Tusomʔəmorpheme-lɯə̃ ‘placenta / afterbirth’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.315

6.1.2.2Central Loloish4

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)a³³morpheme lo⁴⁴ ‘placenta’Dai 89 JinA: 147
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’-lò ‘womb’Lahu -o is the regular reflex of PTB and PLB *-am.Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Mpiloʔ⁶ ‘womb / placenta’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 89

7Karenic17

*Karen (Pwo)də̀n'morpheme◦lán' ‘womb’Jones 61: 442
*Karen (Pwo-Sgaw)də̀morpheme◦hlɔ̀ ‘womb’Jones 61: 442
*Karen (Sgaw)də́morpheme◦lɔ̀ ‘womb’Jones 61: 442
Palaychidə̀qmorpheme-lɔ̀ ‘womb’Matisoff 78 VSTB
Palaychidə̀qmorpheme◦lɔ̀ ‘womb’Matisoff 87 BP
Palaychidə̀qmorpheme◦lɔ̀ ‘womb’Jones 61: 442
Pwo (Bassein)də́nmorpheme-lánʔ ‘womb’Matisoff 78 VSTB
Pwo (Bassein)də́nmorpheme◦lánʔ ‘womb’Matisoff 87 BP
Pwo (Bassein)də́nmorpheme◦lánʔ ‘womb’Jones 61: 442
Pwo (Moulmein)dənmorpheme-lán ‘womb’Matisoff 78 VSTB
Pwo (Moulmein)dənmorpheme◦lán ‘womb’Matisoff 87 BP
Pwo (Moulmein)dənmorpheme◦lán ‘womb’Jones 61: 442
Karen (Sgaw)də́morpheme-lɔ̀ ‘womb’Matisoff 78 VSTB
Sgaw (Bassein)də́morpheme◦lɔ̀ ‘womb’Matisoff 87 BP
Sgaw (Bassein)də́morpheme◦lɔ̀ ‘womb’Jones 61: 442
Sgaw (Moulmein)də́morpheme◦lɔ̀ ‘womb’Matisoff 87 BP
Sgaw (Moulmein)də́morpheme◦lɔ̀ ‘womb’Jones 61: 442

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #680, *s-lam ‘WOMB / PLACENTA’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/680
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-680,
  title  = {{*s-lam 'WOMB / PLACENTA'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #680},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/680}
}