9.0 Shape, Size, Color, Measure, Number, Time, Space > 9.10 Locations > 9.10.3 Governable units (towns, parts of towns)
#5746 PTB *nam HOUSE / VILLAGE |
The distribution of this form makes it look like a probable loan. This etymology is due to Liberty Lidz.
#5746 PTB *nam HOUSE / VILLAGE, was originally created and glossed by Lidz (2014) as VILLAGE. However, we believe the earliest meaning was more likely HOUSE.
In some of the languages in evidence here, “village” is expressed a compound noun based on “house”, e.g. Bengni, Nishing nam ‘house’ vs. nam‑pam ‘village’. In other languages, e.g. Baram, Rongpo, the notion “village” nam appears to have replaced a presumed, earlier meaning “house”. In these languages, the meaning “house” is expressed via reflexes of a different etymon, typically #1612 PTB *k‑y(i/u)m HOUSE, cf. Rongpo kim ‘house’.
Lidz (ibid.) also suggests that ”...the distribution of this form [referring to *nam] makes it look like a probable loan.” New evidence does support *nam ‘house’ as possibly an areal word here. Cf. in Mon-Khmer, the Bahnaric languages Bahnar [Pleiku]’ *hnaam ‘house, home, building’, Laven *hnəəm ‘house’, Sedang *hnɛ̰əm ‘house’, Brao (Laveh) *hnaːm ‘house’.
rn | analysis | lgid | reflex | gloss | gfn | language | grpid | grpno | grp | genetic | citation | srcabbr | srcid | rn |
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252113 | m,5746 | 790 | i◦nam | village | Khoirao | 64 | 1.3.3 | Zeme Group | 1 | Marrison 67 Naga | GEM-CNL | 0 | ||
252115 | m,5746 | 906 | a◦nam | village | Liangmei | 64 | 1.3.3 | Zeme Group | 1 | Marrison 67 Naga | GEM-CNL | 0 | ||
252118 | m,5746 | 1018 | ra◦nam | village | Maram | 64 | 1.3.3 | Zeme Group | 1 | Marrison 67 Naga | GEM-CNL | 0 | ||
252129 | 5746 | 1301 | nam | village | Puiron | 64 | 1.3.3 | Zeme Group | 1 | Marrison 67 Naga | GEM-CNL | 0 | ||
523986 | 5746 | 2036 | nam | village | Rongmei / Nruanghmei | 64 | 1.3.3 | Zeme Group | 1 | Brown 37 Indo | BRO1837 | 0 | ||
252123 | 5746 | 1347 | nüm | village | Rongmei / Nruanghmei | 64 | 1.3.3 | Zeme Group | 1 | Marrison 67 Naga | GEM-CNL | 0 | ||
252121 | m,5746 | 1137 | rü◦nam | village | Mzieme | 64 | 1.3.3 | Zeme Group | 1 | Marrison 67 Naga | GEM-CNL | 0 | ||
547124 | 5746 | 2113 | nam | village | n. | Rongpo | 20 | 2.1.1 | Western Himalayish | 0 | Sharma 2003 | SRS-TBLUP | 908 | 0 |
267819 | 5746 | 721 | nām | village | n | Kaike | 22 | 2.1.2 | Bodic | 1 | Hale 73 CSD | AH-CSDPN | 06a.02 | 0 |
65002 | 5746,m | 604 | nãːq◦sa | village | Gurung (Ghachok) | 23 | 2.1.4 | Tamangish | 1 | Glover 72 GuVo | SIL-Gur | 6.A.2 | 0 | |
267814 | 5746,m | 596 | nā̩:q◦sā | village | n | Gurung | 23 | 2.1.4 | Tamangish | 1 | Hale 73 CSD | AH-CSDPN | 06a.02 | 0 |
267815 | 5746,m | 1457 | 'nām◦sā | village | n | Tamang (Sahu) | 23 | 2.1.4 | Tamangish | 1 | Hale 73 CSD | AH-CSDPN | 06a.02 | 0 |
123355 | 5746,m | 1464 | 'nam◦sa | village | Tamang (Sahu) | 23 | 2.1.4 | Tamangish | 1 | Taylor 72 TmVo | SIL-Sahu | 6.2 | 0 |