STEDT
STEDT #89

*b-rim

DISTRIBUTE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Chinese comparandum

OC *pli̯əm, GSR #668b ‘rations; to receive’; B & S 2011: *p.rimʔ; Mand. bǐng.
OC *bli̯əm, GSR #668b ‘rations; to receive’; B & S 2011: *p.rimʔ; Mand. lǐn.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)2

*Sino-Tibetan(l-)rim ‘distribute / cast away’Chou 72: 668c
*Sino-Tibetanblim ‘distribute / rations’Coblin 86: 64

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burman(l-)rim ‘distribute / cast away’Chou 72: 668c

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)9

*Aoaprefix-ləm ‘DIVIDE, APPORTION’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.364
Ao (Chungli)-lɯ̄m v.‘distribute’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 2
Ao (Chungli)prefix-ləm² v.‘distribute, hand out’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.364
Ao (Chungli)aprefixlem v‘divide’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)ləm-sa#5369 PCN *ʃa ‘SPREAD / DISPERSE’ v.‘distribute [distributed] ('divide + SPREAD)’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)lə̀m-saʔmorpheme v.‘cut into pieces ('divide' + SEPARATE)’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)ləm-thaŋmorpheme v.‘divide [divided] ('divide' + SEVER)’Coupe 07 Ao

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Written)'brim-morpheme ‘distribute / deal out / hand out’Chou 72: 668c
Tibetan (Written)ḥbrim-pamorpheme ‘distribute, deal out, hand out’Benedict 72 STC: 178n473

4Nungic2

Anongəprefixrim ‘cast away’Chou 72: 668c
Anongəprefixrim ‘cast away’Benedict 72 STC: 178n473

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)/pli̯əm ‘receive (from superiors)’Chou 72: 668b
Chinese (Old)pli̯əm ‘receive (from superiors)’Chou 72: 668b

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #89, *b-rim ‘DISTRIBUTE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/89
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.305
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-89,
  title  = {{*b-rim 'DISTRIBUTE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #89},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/89}
}