Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mV-kəm

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

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *gam (Benedict, 1972; Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

Verb

*mV-kəm

  1. to hold or put in the mouth

Descendants

  • Chinese: 含 (OC *Cə-m-kˤ[ə]m (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: འགམ ('gam)
  • Proto-Tani: *gam (“to bite”)
    • Adi: gam
    • Galo: `gamnam
    • Nyishi: gam
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