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STEDT #825

*nam

EAR

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlenaminitialnrhymeamcoverM · N

Connections

HPTB (PLB)*s-nam¹ ‘ear (grain)’pp. 253, 254

Notes

This root seems quite independent of the much more widespread etymon for EAR, #811 PTB *r/g-na EAR / HEAR / LISTEN.

The Sangtam development of PTB *-am to -aŋ is regular (cf. Bruhn 2014:400).

Reflexes & cognates16 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]nâm-muit#1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’MesorootsPTani *mɯt ‘HAIR (OF BODY)’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘beard’Lit. “ear-hair”Matisoff 87 BP

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)5

Sangtamnang◦khi#665 PTB *kwar ‘HOLE / ORIFICE / INNARDS’PKC *kuar ‘HOLLOW / SUNKEN’PKC *kua ‘HOLE / BURROW / CAVITY’PKC *khur ⪤ *khor ‘DITCH / HOLE / PIT / WELL (n.)’PCN *a-ku ⪤ *a-khən ‘HOLE’PTk *kʰur ‘HOLE / ANUS’PNN *gor ‘HOLE / CAVE’ ‘ear’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamnang◦ku#665 PTB *kwar ‘HOLE / ORIFICE / INNARDS’PKC *kuar ‘HOLLOW / SUNKEN’PKC *kua ‘HOLE / BURROW / CAVITY’PKC *khur ⪤ *khor ‘DITCH / HOLE / PIT / WELL (n.)’PCN *a-ku ⪤ *a-khən ‘HOLE’PTk *kʰur ‘HOLE / ANUS’PNN *gor ‘HOLE / CAVE’ ‘ear’Kumar 73 Sang

Sangtamnang◦tping#1409 PTB *(b/p)aːŋ ‘DEAF’PCN *p(j)aŋ ‘DEAF’PL *baŋ² ‘DEAF’ ‘deaf’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtam¹aprefix¹naŋ¹dbiŋ#1409 PTB *(b/p)aːŋ ‘DEAF’PCN *p(j)aŋ ‘DEAF’PL *baŋ² ‘DEAF’ v.i.‘deaf’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1072

Sangtam¹naŋ¹ki#665 PTB *kwar ‘HOLE / ORIFICE / INNARDS’PKC *kuar ‘HOLLOW / SUNKEN’PKC *kua ‘HOLE / BURROW / CAVITY’PKC *khur ⪤ *khor ‘DITCH / HOLE / PIT / WELL (n.)’PCN *a-ku ⪤ *a-khən ‘HOLE’PTk *kʰur ‘HOLE / ANUS’PNN *gor ‘HOLE / CAVE’ ‘ear’Weidert 87 TBTo: 162

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦nam◦chu#284 PTB *(t)s-wa(s/r) ‘CHEEK / BUTTOCK / CHIN’ ‘cheek’Marrison 67 Naga

1.6Mru1

Mrurɑm² ‘ear’Luce 85: Q.31

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Yakhanam◦ci#2037 PTB *(t)si ‘FACE / CHEEK’◦yəŋ#2045 PTB *s-ruŋ ‘ROUNDED PART’ ‘cheek’Kohn 90: 3.11

Yakhanam◦ci#2037 PTB *(t)si ‘FACE / CHEEK’◦yəŋ#2045 PTB *s-ruŋ ‘ROUNDED PART’ seŋ#2049 PTB *tsyaŋ ‘JAW’◦kwɔːk#267 PTB *k(w)aŋ ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN / FACE’ ‘cheekbone’Kohn 90: 3.11.1

6.1.1Burmish1

Lashi (Lachhe')nũ² ‘ear’Luce 85: T.8

7Karenic1

Palaychináḿ v.‘hear’Jones 61: 223

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #825, *nam ‘EAR’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/825

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-825,
  title  = {{*nam 'EAR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #825},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/825}
}