Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/l-(t/d)jam

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *l-(t)jam ⪤ *l-(d)jam (Matisoff, STEDT; LaPolla, 1987; Benedict, 1972)

This root combines two separate meanings. In some languages it means (to) fill, while in others straight or flat.

Adjective

 * 1) full
 * 2) straight, flat

Verb

 * 1) fill

Descendants

 * (B-S); (ZS)
 * (B-S); (ZS)
 * (B-S); (ZS)




 * Beijing:
 * Guangzhou-Hong Kong:
 * Kuki-Chin: ("full")
 * Northern Chin
 * Tiddim:
 * ("full") (LaPolla, 1987)
 * ("level") (LaPolla, 1987)
 * Central Chin
 * Lai: ("fully satisfied")
 * Himalayish
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan:
 * གཏམ་པ
 * ལྟམས་པ
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Written
 * གཏམ་པ
 * ལྟམས་པ
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Written
 * Written