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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/l-(t/d)jam

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology
  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *l-(t)jam ⪤ *l-(d)jam (Matisoff, STEDT; LaPolla, 1987; Benedict, 1972)

This root combines two separate meanings. In some languages it means (to) fill, while in others straight or flat.

Adjective

*l-(t/d)jam

  1. full
  2. straight, flat

Verb

*l-(t/d)jam

  1. fill

Descendants
  • Old Chinese:
    斟 /*t.qəm/ (B-S); /*kljum/ (ZS) ("to pour")
    淫 /*ɴ.rəm/ (B-S); /*lɯm/ (ZS) ("excessive")
    • Middle Chinese:
      斟 /t͡ɕiɪm/

    • →   Japanese:  斟 (しん, ​shin)
            Korean:  짐 (斟, jim)
            Vietnamese:  châm (斟)

    • →   Japanese:  淫 (いん, ​in)
            Korean:  음 (淫, eum)
            Vietnamese:  dâm (淫)

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing:
          斟 (zhēn, /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/)
          淫 (yín, /in³⁵/)
      • Cantonese:
        斟 /t͡sɐm⁵⁵/
        淫 /jɐm²¹/
  • Kuki-Chin: /*ɗim/ ("full")
    • Northern Chin
      • Tiddim:
        /dim/ ("full") (LaPolla, 1987)
        /tam/ ("level") (LaPolla, 1987)
    • Central Chin
      • Lai: /duʔ dîm/ ("fully satisfied")
  • Himalayish
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan:
        གཏམ་པ (gtam pa, “to fill”)
        ཐམ་པ (tham pa, “full”)
        ལྟམས་པ (ltams pa, “fill (e.g. a vessel completely)”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
        • Written Burmese: တန်း (tan:, “straight”) /táɴ/
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