6.0 Verbs of Motion, of Manipulation, and of Production > 6.9 Undoing > 6.9.2 Carve, shave

#2639 PTB *s-ryam SHARP (provisional)

Reconstructed mesoroots below:
rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
774052639168slyamsharp*Sino-Tibetan10Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)0Coblin 86WSC-SH1310
198582639174(s-)|ryɑmsharp*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Chou 72ACST621a0
51582426392012s-|ryamsharp*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6120
53638526391732(s-)|ryamsharp*Kuki-Naga31NE Indian Areal Group0Benedict 72 STCSTC171n4570
50113026391920hriamSHARP / POINTED*Chin81.2Kuki-Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10990
44700226391927hīam hīsharpen (of a blade), pointedSizang681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10990
303618p,26391515ă◦hemsharpThado681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC53n1790
44700126391926híen-I, hìen-IIsharpen to a point (stick)Thado681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10990
3276812639,26391794-hiam/ˋhiamsharpvTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Henderson 65 TidCEJAH-TC0
44700026391925hiam²sharpTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10990
31383826391778hiam²sharpviTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB4580
17044626391597hiam²sharpTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 94 TCVPB-TCV0
44918226391956xaːmsharpMkaang691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1So-Hartmann 88 ChinHSH-SCL2470
44699726391947hrîam-I, hrǐam-IIsharp (as knife), pointed (as spear)be v.Lai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10990
44699826391923hrǐam-I, hrìam-IIsharp, pointedbe v.Lai (Falam)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10990
2491242639976hriamsharpLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
44699926391924hríamsharp, keen-edgedLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10990
31597526391779hriamsharpviLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB24630
3036172639984hriamsharp, weapon, toolLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC53n1790
44699626391921hraisharp, keen as a razorLakher [Mara]711.2.3Maraic1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC10990
53337926392068ŕen-sharpbe v.*Kiranti292.3Kiranti1Opgenort 11 TilungJRO-Tilung0
5363862639,2639460sri̯am / si̯ämsharpChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Benedict 72 STCSTC171n4570
203922639,2639480sri̯ɑm/si̯ɑ̈m|sharpChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST621a0

Chinese comparandum

銛 OC *sri̯ɑm, GSR #621a ‘sharp’; Mand. xiān.
剡 OC *di̯ɑm, GSR #617d-e ‘sharp’; B & S 2011: *N‑r[a]mʔ; Mand. yǎn.
覃 OC *di̯ɛm, GSR #646a ‘sharp’; B & S 2011: *N‑r[a]mʔ; Mand. yǎn.
廉 OC *gli̯ɑm, GSR #627l ‘angle, angular’; B & S 2011: *rem {[r]em}; Mand. lián.
磏 OC *gli̯ɑm, GSR #627m ‘sharp, keen (of whetstone)’; Mand. lián.
鎌 OC *gli̯ɑm, GSR #646n ‘sickle’; B & S 2011: *rem {[r]em}; Mand. lián.

Tentative: 劍 *s.kram‑s {s.kr[a]m‑s}

Karlgren’s OC reconstruction *si̯ɑm for GSR #621a was revised to *sri̯ɑm in STC 171.