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#646 PTB *t-lam EGG / TESTICLE

This root is attested in Himalayish (including Tsangla), Abor-Miri-Dafla, and also perhaps in Chang Naga. The Lepcha and rGyalrong forms are good evidence for prefixal t‑, which seems to have preempted the root-initial in all the other forms.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
151995646,6522,m,m334tum-čɯr ki-faːcastrateBengni731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
3510236461820tumtesticlenBokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0117.240
151996646,m365tum-litcastrateBokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
211094646,m368tum litcastrateBokar Lhoba731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC610.510
494127p,6461979ɨt◦tumscrotumn.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1Rɨbaa,Post,et al. 09GLDC-GED0
495114p,6461979ɨt◦tumtesticlesn.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1Rɨbaa,Post,et al. 09GLDC-GED0
5621643,646,1654563ˆɯt-tum ˋa◦pɤtesticleGalo731.1.1.1Western Tani1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT617a0
113779643,646189'et-tumtestes and scrotumPadam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
119010646,m189tum-bunghave swollen test.Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
159877646,1654498təp-pɯtesticleDamu741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
78271646,2045435tam laŋtesticleChang851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1French 83WTF-PNN5400
128335m,646378khuar◦tumegg (of animal)Bunan202.1.1Western Himalayish0Sharma, S.R. 91 BuSBN-BunQ10.4.160
169089305,6461095go◦thameggTsangla (Central)222.1.2Bodic1Andvik 93EA-Tsh870
188633305,6461088go-thameggTsangla (Motuo)222.1.2Bodic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC170.70
42149305,6461086go◦tʰameggTsangla (Motuo)222.1.2Bodic1Sun H 80 MLDSLZO-MLD0
39228305,6461085ko¹³ ham⁵⁵eggTsangla (Motuo)222.1.2Bodic1Zhang Jichuan 86JZ-CLMenba0
39227305,6461085ko¹³ tʰam⁵⁵eggTsangla (Motuo)222.1.2Bodic1Zhang Jichuan 86JZ-CLMenba0
39408305,6461089goi-tʰameggTsangla (Tilang)222.1.2Bodic1Zhang Jichuan 86JZ-CLMenba0
145077646894tǎlamscrotum, testiclesLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
119008646,m,3471894tǎlam sǎ tǎblyón̊scrotumLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
307075646,m,3471894tălam să tăblyoŋscrotumLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
118970646,m894tǎlam tʻyen̊testicleLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety 1
118972646,m894tǎlam◦pottesticleLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety 2
14142646606tə |lɛmscrotumrGyalrong783.3.1rGyalrong1Dai 89 JiarDQ-Jiarong10.3.40
130282646,m616təlam ndʐiforeskinrGyalrong (Eastern)783.3.1rGyalrong1Sun H 91 rEQSHK-rGEQ10.3.30
130286646,189616təlam tʃisemenrGyalrong (Eastern)783.3.1rGyalrong1Sun H 91 rEQSHK-rGEQ10.3.70

^ 1.
According to Mainwaring/Grünwedel 1898:164, t'yeṅ means ‘the chief or most precious part’, as in să‑bŭr t'yeṅ ‘the musk bag or gland of the musk-deer’.
^ 2.
Lepcha pot ‘fruit, ball’.