Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/klum

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman:
      • *klum (Benedict, 1972);
      • *s-klum (Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

This comparison also appears in Benedict (1972:75), which is repeated in Schuessler (2007:249).

Verb

*klum

  1. to be sweet

Descendants

  • Chinese: 甘 (OC *[k]ˤ[a]m (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *khlum
  • Manipuri: ꯊꯨꯝ (thum, “to be sweet”), ⇒ ꯑꯊꯨꯝꯕ (ʼathumba, “sweet”)
  • Lepcha: ᰁᰤᰦᰮ (klyám, “to be sweet”), ⇒ ᰣᰦᰁᰤᰦᰮ (ʔáklyám, “sweet”)
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