tam¹

Biao

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “same PTK root as Proto-Tai *dwuːŋꟲ (Thai ท้อง (tɔ́ɔng))? Cantonese 肚䏙 (tou⁵ dam¹)?”

Noun

tam¹

(Fengkai, anatomy) belly

References

"Biao (Fengkai)" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

E

Etymology

Compare Zhuang doem (“soil; earth; dirt”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tam⁵¹/

Noun

tam¹

soil; earth; dirt

Synonyms

hy⁵ tam¹, tam¹ hy⁵

References

韦茂繁 [Wéi Màofán], 韦树关 [Wéi Shùguān] (2011), 五色话研究 [Wǔsèhuà Yánjiū, A Study of E Language] (in Chinese), Beijing: 民族出版社 [Publishing House of Minority Nationalities], →ISBN