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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/lam

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms 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: *lam (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987)

Noun

*lam

  1. road, way, path

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 冘 (*lum) (ZS) ("to move on")
    • Middle Chinese: 冘 (jiɪm)
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 冘 (yín) /in³⁵/
  • North Assam
    • Tani
      /*lam/ ("road") (Sun, 1993)
      • ⇒ Nyishi: lampya (“road”), lamta; la ung
      • ⇒ Nyishi: lamdum (“crossroad”)
    • Kuki-Chin
      /*lam/ ("way, path, road") (VanBik, 2009)
      • Central Chin
        • Lushai [Mizo]: lam (“path, place, direction”)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan: ལམ (lam, “road, way”) /lam˩˧/
    • Kiranti
      /*ʔlam/ ("road, path") (Opgenort, 2011)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho
      • Jingpho [Kachin]: lam (“road, way”)
  • Sal
    • Bodo-Garo
      • Garo: rama (“road”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
        • Burmese: လမ်း (lam:, “road, way, route”) /láɴ/, လှမ်း (hlam:, “to step, to pace”)
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