1.0 The Body > 1.3 Mouth and Throat > 1.3.4 Tooth > 1.3.4.4 Bite/Hold in Mouth

#2231 PTB *gam PUT INTO MOUTH, SEIZE WITH MOUTH (provisional)

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

This etymon may well be allofamically related to #1772 PTB *ŋam CHEW / HOLD IN THE MOUTH.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51496522312012gamput into mouth / seize with mouth / jaw / molar*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5900
1476182231182gamput into mouth / seize with mouth*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Benedict 72 STCSTC4910
770612231183gamhold in the mouth*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Coblin 86WSC-SH950
1460202231174gɑmput into mouth / seize with mouth*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Chou 72ACST651l'0
2830372231,2231173gam (~ gjam?)bite*Tani51.1.1Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST280
1731222231333gambiteBengni731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST0
1513702231334gambiteBengni731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
1731232231360gambiteBokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST0
1513712231365gambiteBokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
1594152231365gamsting v. (bee)Bokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
40953822311820gambite (mosquito)v.Bokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1279.240
43134522311820gambitev.Bokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1753.240
414282231366gambiteBokar Lhoba731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun H 80 MLDSLZO-MLD0
2072692231368gambiteBokar Lhoba731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC535.510
2201212231368gamstingvBokar Lhoba731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC787.510
4894862231,s1979`gam◦nambitevt.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1Rɨbaa,Post,et al. 09GLDC-GED0
217962231,s1078gam-nambiteMiri, Hill731.1.1.1Western Tani1Simon 76 MiriIMS-HMLG0
32697522311792gambiteNishing731.1.1.1Western Tani1Das Gupta 69 DafKDG-Daf0
1731242231,22311253gam~ ǰambitePadam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST0
1513722231498ɟiambiteDamu741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
53636122311076gamseize (with teeth, as a tiger)Mishing [Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Benedict 72 STCSTC4910
7629122311077gamseize in the teethMishing [Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Coblin 86WSC-SH950
5363602231,s1578ḥgam-paput or throw into the mouthTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Benedict 72 STCSTC4910
5363592231460gʻəmhold in the mouth / put in the mouthChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Benedict 72 STCSTC4910

Chinese comparandum

含 OC *gʼi̯əm, GSR #651l’ ‘hold in mouth’; Schuessler 2007:270-1 *gə̂m; B & S 2011: *Cə‑m‑kˁəm {Cə‑m‑kˁ[ə]m}; Mand. hán.
噤 OC *g’li̯əm, GSR #655m ‘shut the mouth’; B & S 2011: (*grəm‑s); Mand. jìn.

Comment:

GSR #651m’, Mand. hán, is the same etymon as #651l’, written with a different ideograph: 唅.