Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/lam

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: *lam (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987)

Noun

*lam

road, way, path

Descendants

Old Chinese: 冘 (*lum) (ZS) ("to move on")
- Middle Chinese: 冘 (jiɪm)
  - Modern Mandarin
    - Beijing: 冘 (yín) /in³⁵/
North Assam
- Tani
  /*lam/ ("road") (Sun, 1993)
  - ⇒ Nyishi: lampya (“road”), lamta (Doimukh), la ung (Mengio)
  - ⇒ Nyishi: lamdum (“crossroad”)
- Kuki-Chin
  /*lam/ ("way, path, road") (VanBik, 2009)
  - Central Chin
    - Mizo: lam (“path, place, direction”)
Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Proto-Bodish: *lam
    - Tibetan: ལམ (lam, “road, way”) /lam˩˧/
    - Dzongkha: ལམ (lam, “road, way”) /lam˩/
    - East Bodish
      - Kurtöp: ཡམ (yam)
- Kiranti
  /*ʔlam/ ("road, path") (Opgenort, 2011)
Naic
- Proto-Naish: *lam
  - Naxi: ree, ⇒ sseeggv
  - Narua: req (/⁠ʐɤ˩˥⁠/), ⇒ rezi (/⁠ʐæ˩ tsɯ˧˥⁠/)
Jingpho-Asakian
- Jingpho: lam (“road, way”)
Boro-Garo
- Garo: rama (“road”)
Lolo-Burmese
- Burmish
  - Burmese: လမ်း (lam:, “road, way, route”) /láɴ/, လှမ်း (hlam:, “to step, to pace”)
Proto-Central Naga: *laːm
- Ao: (Chungli) len
Kho-Bwa
- Proto-Puroik: *lim̄
- ⇒ Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: *l̥am a.ma
Newaric
- Classical Newar: [script needed] (la(ṁ))
  - Newar: लँ (lã)
- Baram-Thangmi
  - Thangmi: उलाम्
Lepcha: ᰜᰩᰮ (lóm)