*m/s-lam

WING / ARM / HAND / FINGER

Reconstruction analysis

handlelominitiallrhymeomcoverL · N

Notes

This etymon is usually found as the last element of compounds, but appears as an independent monosyllable in Kham. The nasal prefix is attested in Simi, while the *s- prefix is reflected in the Nungic words for ‘finger’.

Reflexes & cognates17 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.1.2Deng1

Darang [Taraon]ta:morpheme◦lõ ‘feather’Anonymous xx Tar

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]dingmorpheme◦lam ‘right-hand’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦u#373 PTB *wul ‘HAND’-mlo ‘arm’Achumi 98: 6.1

1.3.3Zeme Group2

Puironbei#2154 PTB *b(w)ay ‘LEFT (HAND)’PTk *joj ‘LEFT SIDE’PL *b-way² ‘LEFT’◦lam ‘left-hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Puironchangmorpheme◦lam ‘right-hand’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei1

Meitheiyetmorpheme◦lom ‘right-hand’Marrison 67 Naga

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

KhamlAm ‘hand’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 82

Khamlam ‘arm’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.A.47

4Nungic2

Trung [Dulong]ñil⁴̯⁴̯#514 PTB *m-tsyal ‘NAIL / CLAW’Allofams1 #511 PTB *m-(t)sin ‘NAIL / CLAW’1a #514 PTB *m-tsyal ‘NAIL / CLAW’1b #515 PTB *m-tsyey ‘NAIL / CLAW’1c #512 PTB *m-(t)syen ‘NAIL / CLAW’1d #513 PTB *m-(y/r)in ‘NAIL / CLAW’ sɹi⁴⁴morpheme hlam⁴² ‘finger (little)’Matisoff 87 BP

Trung [Dulong]ul⁴̯⁴#373 PTB *wul ‘HAND’ hlam⁴̯² ‘finger’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)əprefix-hlâm n.‘reach of the hand or weapon; distance’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Côông [Phunoi]lə̆#695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’MesorootsPTani *lak ‘HAND / ARM’PNN *glək ‘HAND’PLB *lakᴸ ‘HAND’PL *lakᴸ ‘HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦hyãˊ ‘finger’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #768, *m/s-lam ‘WING / ARM / HAND / FINGER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/768

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-768,
  title  = {{*m/s-lam 'WING / ARM / HAND / FINGER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #768},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/768}
}