Sino-Tibetan etymology : List with all references

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jǝ̄m

Meaning: spread

Lushai: zām creep, spread.

Comments: In OCh. cf. also 潭 *lhǝ̄m deep (a later specialization of the meaning, "extended into depth", possibly under the influence of 深 *ƛhǝm deep, see *ƛŭm): despite Sagart 1995, 204, the word has nothing to do with Tibeto-Burman forms meaning 'pond, pool', see under *dh(r)ǝm 'deep'. [For Chin. cf. alternatively: Burm. hlwamʔ 'to spread', hlwamh 'to cover'.]

Chinese characters :

Character: 覃

Modern (Beijing) reading: tán

Preclassic Old Chinese: lhǝ̄m

Classic Old Chinese: lhǝ̄m

Western Han Chinese: lhǝ̄m

Eastern Han Chinese: lhǝ̄m

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄m

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄m

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄m

Middle Chinese: dʌm

English meaning : to extend, spread

Russian meaning[s]: 1) простираться до...; обширный, широкий; 2) 13-е число (в телеграммах); 3) Тань (фамилия)

Shuowen gloss: 長味也.徒#.鹹省聲.詩曰.實�實吁.#古文�.#篆文�省.

Comments: For initial *lh- cf. Min: Xiamen tham², Fuzhou thaŋ².

The character is also used (since Early Zhou) for another word, OC *lam // *lamʔ, MC jem (FQ JY 余廉) // jém (FQ JY 以冉), Mand. yán // yǎn 'pointed, sharp'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 146

Four-angle index: 2250

Karlgren code: 0646 a

Shijing occurrences: 2.1

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