Sino-Tibetan etymology : List with all references

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *l[ā]m

Meaning: speak, pronounce

Chinese: 談 *lhām, 譚 *lhǝ̄m speak.

Burmese: khjamh (OB klaṃ) a religious writing or book.

Kachin: nlem², (H) lem be talkative.

Lushai: lam to pronounce, to articilate, to call.

Chinese characters :

Character: 談

Modern (Beijing) reading: tán

Preclassic Old Chinese: lhām

Classic Old Chinese: lhām

Western Han Chinese: lhām

Eastern Han Chinese: lhām

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhām

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhām

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhām

Middle Chinese: dâm

English meaning : to speak, chat

Russian meaning[s]: 1) беседовать, разговаривать; беседа; 2) замечания на... (в заглавиях книг); 3) Тань (фамилия)

Comments: For *lh- cf. Chaozhou tham².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 149

Four-angle index: 5492

Karlgren code: 0617 l

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 2068

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 談

MC description : 咸開一平談定

ZIHUI: 6151 1672

Beijing: than 12

Jinan: thã 12

Xi'an: thã 12

Taiyuan: thä̃ 1

Hankou: than 12

Chengdu: than 12

Yangzhou: thɛ̃ 12

Suzhou: de_ 12

Wenzhou: da 12

Changsha: tan 12

Shuangfeng: dã 12

Nanchang: than 12

Meixian: tham 12

Guangzhou: thām 12

Xiamen: tam 12

Chaozhou: tham 12

Fuzhou: taŋ 12

Shanghai: te_ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: tham 12

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