7.0 Adjectival Verbs > 7.1 Adjectives and attributives > 7.1.4 Sensations > 7.1.4.4 Taste

#6152 PTB *lyam SWEET / FRAGRANT

This root is well-attested in Himalayish, but has so far not been identified elsewhere.

rn	analysis	lgid	reflex	gloss	gfn	language	grpid	grpno	grp	genetic	citation	srcabbr	srcid
77560	6152	168	l+\|iim	sweet		*Sino-Tibetan	1	0	Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)	0	Coblin 86	WSC-SH	145
19850	6152	174	lem	sweet		*Tibeto-Burman	2	0.1	Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)	0	Chou 72	ACST	621
19852	6152	1139	lem	sweet		Nachereng	18	2	Himalayish	0	Chou 72	ACST	621
298732	6152	1093	lem³⁵bu³⁵	fragrant		Tshona (Wenlang)	22	2.1.2	Bodic	1	Lu 86 CuoM	JZ-CNMenba
225479	6152	1092	lim¹³po⁵³	fragrant		Tshona (Mama)	22	2.1.2	Bodic	1	Sun H 91 ZMYY	ZMYYC	892.6
400011	6152	1850	lim³⁵po⁵³	fragrant (smell)		Cuona Menba	22	2.1.2	Bodic	1	Huang and Dai 92 TBL	TBL	1069.06
261664	6152	1520	lim-pa thāng 'kha-wa	fragrant	adj	Thakali	23	2.1.4	Tamangish	1	Hale 73 CSD	AH-CSDPN	12b.27
67592	6152	1531	lim-pɔ tʰaŋ 'kʰɔ-wɔ	fragrant		Thakali (Tukche)	23	2.1.4	Tamangish	1	Hari 71a ThVo	SIL-Thak	12.B.27
179395	6152	1530	²lim	fragrant		Thakali (Tukche)	23	2.1.4	Tamangish	1	Mazaudon 94 These	MM-Thesis	899
304838	6152	799	lem	sweet		*Kiranti	29	2.3	Kiranti	1	Benedict 72 STC	STC	172n458
19851	6152	1624	lem	sweet		Waling	29	2.3	Kiranti	1	Chou 72	ACST	621
477776	6152	1975	lem◦lona	sweet		Athpare (Rai)	31	2.3.1	Eastern Kiranti	1	Ebert 97 Athpare	KE-GA
477771	m,6152	1975	le◦lem◦lona	sweet		Athpare (Rai)	31	2.3.1	Eastern Kiranti	1	Ebert 97 Athpare	KE-GA
19853	6152	483	lem	sweet		Chhintang	31	2.3.1	Eastern Kiranti	1	Chou 72	ACST	621
304840	m,6152	918	ke-lim-ba	sweet		Limbu	31	2.3.1	Eastern Kiranti	1	Benedict 72 STC	STC	172n458
19856	m,6152	909	ke-lim-bɑ	sweet		Limbu	31	2.3.1	Eastern Kiranti	1	Chou 72	ACST	621
168623	6152	1878	limt-	sweet	vs.	Limbu	31	2.3.1	Eastern Kiranti	1	Driem 88? LimA	SVD-LimA
148567	6152	1878	lim◦dzEk◦dzEk	bland, not salty enough, slightly sweet		Limbu	31	2.3.1	Eastern Kiranti	1	Driem 88? LimA	SVD-LimA
168624	6152	1878	liːm◦ba	sweet	vs.	Limbu	31	2.3.1	Eastern Kiranti	1	Driem 88? LimA	SVD-LimA
19854	6152	1351	lem	sweet		Rungchangbung	31	2.3.1	Eastern Kiranti	1	Chou 72	ACST	621
19857	6152	1642	lim	sweet		Yakha	31	2.3.1	Eastern Kiranti	1	Chou 72	ACST	621
304841	6152	1643	lim	sweet		Yakha	31	2.3.1	Eastern Kiranti	1	Benedict 72 STC	STC	172n458
343710	6152	1801	lem	taste sweet		Bantawa	76	2.3.2	Southern Kiranti	1	Rai 85 BnDs	NKR-Bant
344828	6152	1801	lem◦choʔwa	sweet	n/adj	Bantawa	76	2.3.2	Southern Kiranti	1	Rai 85 BnDs	NKR-Bant
304839	6152	1344	lam-	sweet		Rodong	76	2.3.2	Southern Kiranti	1	Benedict 72 STC	STC	172n458
19855	6152	1343	lɑm-	sweet		Rodong	76	2.3.2	Southern Kiranti	1	Chou 72	ACST	621
61752	6152,6152	822	lemˍlemˍ	sweet		Kulung	76	2.3.2	Southern Kiranti	1	Rai 75 Kul	RPHH-Kul
72991	6152	547	lem◦nɨ	sweet, taste sweet	be v.	Dumi	77	2.3.3	Central Kiranti	1	Driem 93 Dumi	SVD-Dum
72993	6152	547	lem◦pɨ	sweet		Dumi	77	2.3.3	Central Kiranti	1	Driem 93 Dumi	SVD-Dum
261607	6152	752	'lem◦pāe	sweet (taste)	adj	Khaling	77	2.3.3	Central Kiranti	1	Hale 73 CSD	AH-CSDPN	12b.22
146868	6152	1545	lem-	sweet, to flatter, to seduce, to comfort, to calm	be v.	Thulung	30	2.3.4	Western Kiranti	1	Allen 75	NJA-Thulung

Chinese comparandum

甛/甜 OC (*d’i̯ɑm), (not in GSR #606) ‘sweet’; Coblin 86:145 ST *ƚiim > OC *diəm; Schuessler 2007:496 *lêm ~ lîm; Mand. tián.