7.0 Adjectival Verbs > 7.1 Adjectives and attributives > 7.1.4 Sensations > 7.1.4.4 Taste

#6150 PTB *s-klum SWEET

Reconstructed mesoroots below:
rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51519461502012s-klum|sweet*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5960
50133661501920khlumSWEET*Chin81.2Kuki-Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC13050
44791461501930khumsweetPaite681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC13050
30382561501420thumsweetSiyin681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC75n2310
44791561501927htum hīsweetSizang681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC13050
44791361501926hlúm-I, hlùm-IIsweetThado681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC13050
313477m,61501778ci³ khum¹sugarTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB1550
44791261501925khum²sweetTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC13050
31428561501778khum²sweetviTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB8460
17064261501597khum²sweet...Tiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 94 TCVPB-TCV0
44790961501947thlûm-I, thlǔm-IIsweetLai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC13050
44791061501923thlǔm-I, thlùm-IIsweetLai (Falam)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC13050
250090m,6150976chi◦thlumsugarLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2501926150976thlumsweetLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
44791161501924thlúmsweet, to taste sweetbe v.Lushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC13050
31628061501779thlumsweetviLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB29960
3038246150984thlumsweetLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC75n2310
514543m,6150,m1921lò-thlò-pásweets, sugarLakher [Mara]711.2.3Maraic1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC13050
44790861501921thlòsweetbe v.Lakher [Mara]711.2.3Maraic1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC13050
52470961502030kʰuumsweetSorbung721.2.4“Old Kuki”0Mortensen 11 SorbungMK-SorbungVerbs.1720
250170p,6150,s790ka◦hum◦basweetKhoirao641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
250172p,6150,s906ka◦hum◦busweetLiangmei641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
25017561501018kumsweetMaram641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2501796150,m1301thum◦nusweetPuiron641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
250187p,6150,s1694ke◦kum◦besweetZeme641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
250193p,6150,m1041a◦thum◦basweetMeithei131.4Meithei1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
30382661501047thumsweetMeithei131.4Meithei1Benedict 72 STCSTC75n2310
3038236150900khlyamsweetLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Benedict 72 STCSTC75n231 1
50472661501988klyamsweetbe v.Lepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Plaisier 07 LepchaHP-GL0
505574p,61501988ʔá◦klyamsweetadj.Lepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Plaisier 07 LepchaHP-GL0

Chinese comparandum

甘 OC *kɑ̂m, GSR #606a ‘sweet’; *kˁam {[k]ˁ[a]m}; Mand. gān.

Note: PTB *um > am in Lepcha ‘sweet’; also PST *um > *am in Chinese 三 ‘three’.


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The ‑y‑ medial in Lepcha derives from the PTB *s‑ prefix, see Benedict (1941).