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#2611 PTB *ri(ː)m RATTAN / CANE

STC sets up this root with a long vowel without explanation, probably because of the retention of the original vowel in the Lepcha form, since Lepcha tends to lower short *high vowels in closed syllables.

The WB form seems to reflect a k‑ prefix unattested elsewhere.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51577526112012ri(ː)mcane / rattan*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6100
3041752611685rimcane, rattanJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Benedict 72 STCSTC107n301 1
3041762611900rimcane (Calamus flagellum)Lepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Benedict 72 STCSTC107n3010
3041732611409krimcane, rattanBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC107n3010
3041742611,26111032wram / ramcane, rattanMaru [Langsu]446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC107n3010
562632611126ré'cane / rattan*Karen (TP)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS100
578222611122rə́i'cane / rattan*Karen507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS100
562702611125ɣècane / rattan*Karen (Sgaw)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS100
562652611123ɣé'cane / rattan*Karen (Pwo)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS100
562682611124ɣə̀icane / rattan*Karen (Pwo-Sgaw)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS100
49828926111981rēcane, rattanNKayan (Pekon)507Karenic1Manson 10 KayanKM-Kayan0
5626426111242cane / rattanPa-O507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS100
30469526111759rerattanPa-O507Karenic1Benedict 72 STCSTC149n4080
3095722611,m1235rê mɨ̂rattanPa-O507Karenic1Solnit 89 PaODBS-PaO0
5626926111259ɣìcane / rattanPalaychi507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS100
30469726111749ɣirattanPalaychi507Karenic1Benedict 72 STCSTC149n4080
5626726111272ɣéʔcane / rattanPwo (Bassein)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS100
5626626111279ɣécane / rattanPwo (Moulmein)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS100
5627226111394ɣècane / rattanSgaw (Bassein)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS100
5627126111399ɣècane / rattanSgaw (Moulmein)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS100

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This is a bound form in Jingpho, occurring in the name of particular rattan species like rīm‑khá, rīm‑šàt, rīm‑šīn. The free form for rattan is an open syllable, rī*rey.