STEDT Etymon #5554
1.0 The Body > 1.2 Head and Face > 1.2.6 Eye > 1.2.6.10 See/Look
#5554 PTB *s-nyam THINK / BRAIN |
Three phonetically similar etyma must be distinguished in this semantic area: #66 PTB *s(y)am‑s BREATH / LUNG / SPIRIT / VOICE / HEART, #689 PTB *s/k‑n(y)i‑k/ŋ HEART / MIND / BRAIN, #5554 PTB *s‑nyam THINK / BRAIN.
The Tani reflexes of this etymon appear as the second element in the PTani binome *pVk‑ni ‘brain’; these binomes are tagged under #252 PTB *p(u/i)‑k BRAIN.
| rn | analysis | lgid | reflex | gloss | gfn | language | grpid | grpno | grp | genetic | citation | srcabbr | srcid | rn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 515582 | 5554 | 2012 | s-|nyam | think | *Tibeto-Burman | 2 | 0.1 | Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions) | 0 | Matisoff 03 HPTB | JAM-HPTB | 605 | 0 | |
| 114575 | 252,5554 | 503 | pí-ním | brain | Darang [Taraon] | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Matisoff 87 BP | JAM-Ety | 0 | ||
| 339882 | 252,5554 | 1800 | pí◦ním | brain | Darang [Taraon] | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Anonymous xx Tar | NEFA-Taraon | 0 | ||
| 39675 | 252,5554 | 505 | pɯ³¹ ȵɯm⁵⁵ | brain | Darang [Taraon] | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Sun H 80 MLD | SLZO-MLD | 0 | ||
| 39849 | 5554 | 590 | nɯn⁵³ | brain | Kaman [Miju] | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Sun H 80 MLD | SLZO-MLD | 0 | ||
| 19891 | 5554 | 1561 | nyɑm(s) | soul / mind / thought | Tibetan (Written) | 24 | 2.1.2.1 | Tibetan | 1 | Chou 72 | ACST | 667q-r | 0 | |
| 250952 | 5554 | 1564 | sñam | think | Tibetan (Written) | 24 | 2.1.2.1 | Tibetan | 1 | Marrison 67 Naga | GEM-CNL | 0 | ||
| 19890 | 5554,s | 1561 | snyɑm-pɑ | think / imagine / thought / mind | Tibetan (Written) | 24 | 2.1.2.1 | Tibetan | 1 | Chou 72 | ACST | 667q-r | 0 | |
| 5645 | 5554 | 1697 | nɛm | brain | Zerungge Rai | 29 | 2.3 | Kiranti | 1 | Weidert 87 TBTo | AW-TBT | 619 | 0 | |
| 5644 | 5554 | 1231 | nyam | brain | Ombule (Rai) | 30 | 2.3.4 | Western Kiranti | 1 | Weidert 87 TBTo | AW-TBT | 619 | 0 | |
| 127153 | 387,5554 | 1611 | kʰũ⁵⁵ nũ⁵⁵ | brain | Tujia | 41 | 5 | Tujia | 1 | Chen 86 TuBQ | CK-TujBQ | 2.5 | 0 | |
| 43364 | 387,5554 | 1616 | kʰũ⁵⁵ nũ⁵⁵ | brain | Tujia (Northern) | 41 | 5 | Tujia | 1 | Tian 86 | JZ-Tujia | 0 | ||
| 275616 | 5554,m | 946 | hã³³tɤ²¹ | edge of field | Lisu (Northern) | 47 | 6.1.2.2 | Central Loloish | 1 | Bradley 94 Lisu | DB-Lisu | 0 | ||
| 20424 | 5554 | 480 | niəm | think of | Chinese (Old/Mid) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | Chou 72 | ACST | 670a-c | 0 | |
| 20418 | 5554 | 480 | ńi̯əm | think | Chinese (Old/Mid) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | Chou 72 | ACST | 667q-r | 0 |
念 OC *niəm, GSR #670a-c ‘think of, read’; B & S 2011: *nˁim‑s ; Mand. niàn.
恁 OC *ńi̯əm, GSR #667q-r ‘think’; B & S 2011: *nəmʔ {n[ə]mʔ}; Mand. nèn.