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STEDT #7683

*m-jam

LOVE / FRIEND / FRIENDSHIP
Proto-Central Naga (Ao group)

Connections

Allofams

Notes

This root seems to be a variant of #7709 PCN *a-m-ʒaːn LOVE (v.). See also the resemblant root #1643 PTB *m-dza-k LOVE.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 1 subgroup

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)16

*Central Nagamprefix-jam ‘LOVE / FRIENDSHIP’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.136
*Aomprefix-jəm v.‘LOVE’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.293
Ao (Chungli)meprefix◦im v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)míprefix◦jím v.‘love’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 9
Ao (Chungli)mə³prefixjəm³ v.‘love’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.293
Ao (Chungli)mprefix◦íḿ [míprefix◦jə́m] v.‘love’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 1c
Ao (Chungli)tprefix◦em◦basuffix ‘friend’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen)mprefix◦íḿ [míprefix◦jə́m] v.‘love’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 1c
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)aprefix◦tprefix◦om◦basuffix ‘friend’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)(NZPprefix-) miprefix◦jim-mı̀suffix be v.‘lovable ('love' + DESID)’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)jı̀m◦làsuffix n.‘friend’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)miprefix◦jim v.‘love [loved]’Coupe 07 Ao
Sangtammüprefix◦yang◦rüsuffix ‘friend’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtam¹mɯprefix²yaŋ²rɯsuffix ‘friend/with’Weidert 87 TBTo: 558
Yimchungrümüprefix◦yam◦pusuffix ‘friend’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrü²mɯprefix²yam¹rɯsuffix ‘friend/with’Weidert 87 TBTo: 558

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #7683, *m-jam ‘LOVE / FRIEND / FRIENDSHIP’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7683
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PCN #136
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-7683,
  title  = {{*m-jam 'LOVE / FRIEND / FRIENDSHIP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #7683},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7683}
}