Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/l-(t/d)jam
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- 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
[edit]*d)jam
Verb
[edit]*d)jam
Descendants
[edit]- Old Chinese:
- Middle Chinese:
- 斟 /t͡ɕiɪm/
- Middle Chinese:
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→ Japanese: 斟 (しん, shin)
Korean: 짐 (斟, jim)
Vietnamese: châm (斟)
- 淫 /jiɪm/
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→ Japanese: 淫 (いん, in)
Korean: 음 (淫, eum)
Vietnamese: dâm (淫)
- Kuki-Chin: /*ɗim/ ("full")
- Northern Chin
- Tiddim:
- /dim/ ("full") (LaPolla, 1987)
- /tam/ ("level") (LaPolla, 1987)
- Tiddim:
- Central Chin
- Lai: /duʔ dîm/ ("fully satisfied")
- Northern Chin
- Himalayish
- Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
- Burmish
- Written Burmese: တန်း (tan:, “straight”) /táɴ/
- Written Burmese: တင်းကျမ်းပြည့် (tang:kyam:prany., “to be full to the brim”)
- Burmish
- Lolo-Burmese