*dwam

BREATH(E) / LIVE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handledominitialdrhymeomcoverT · N

Connections

Poss. allofam#78

Notes

This sparsely attested root requires further confirmation.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani3

Milangayamorpheme-dom ‘alive’Tayeng 76 Mil

Milangdom-ɲisuffix be v.‘be’Tayeng 76 Mil

Milangɟuŋ#71 PTB *s-riŋ ⪤ *s-r(y)aŋ ‘LIVE / ALIVE / GREEN / RAW / GIVE BIRTH’PKC *hriŋ-I, hrin-II ‘GREEN / ALIVE / FRESH’PTk *hriŋ ‘ALIVE’PNN *criŋ ‘ALIVE’PNN *C-raŋ ‘ALIVE’PKir *hiŋ- ‘LIVE’PLB *tsiŋ² ‘LIVE’-dom-pimorpheme ‘live’Tayeng 76 Mil

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Kanauridɔm ‘breath’Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn: 20,43

Kanauridɔ̆m ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #73, *dwam ‘BREATH(E) / LIVE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/73

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

References: cf. *du (78)

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-73,
  title  = {{*dwam 'BREATH(E) / LIVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #73},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/73}
}