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This Proto-Tai 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.
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Proto-Tai
Etymology
Compare Proto-Be *namᴮᶜ² (“water”) (> Lingao nam⁴), Proto-Hlai *C-nəmʔ (“water”), Proto-Austronesian *daNum (“water”). Sagart compared this to Puyuma nanum, Amis nanom.
Noun
*C̬.namꟲ (Pittayaporn, 2009)
- water
Descendants
- Tai
- Northern Tai
- Central Tai
- Tày: nặm
- Nùng:
- SIL orthography: nãhm
- Vietnam orthography: nặm
- Nong Zhuang: naemx
- Zuojiang Zhuang: naemx
- Southwestern Tai
- Thai: น้ำ (náam)
- Northern Thai: ᨶ᩶ᩣᩴ (nam)
- Isan: น้ำ
- Southern Thai: หน่าม
- Lao: ນ້ຳ (nam)
- Lü: ᦓᧄᧉ (nam²)
- Tai Dam: ꪙꪾ꫁ (nam6)
- Tai Dón: ꪙꪾ꫁
- Shan: ၼမ်ႉ (nâ̰m)
- Yong: ᨶ᩶ᩣᩴ
- Tai Nüa: ᥘᥛᥳ (lȧm)
- Tai Laing:
- Tai Hongjin: nam⁴
- Khamti: ꩫမ်ႇ
- Aiton: ꩫံ (naṃ)
- Phake: ꩫံ (naṃ)
- Ahom: 𑜃𑜪 (naṃ)