Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/C̬.lɯmᴬ

This Proto-Tai 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-Tai

Alternative reconstructions

• *dlu̯omᴬ (Li, 1977)

Etymology

Compare Chinese 風／风 (OC: /*plum/, "wind"), Tibetan རླུང (rlung, “wind”). Korean 바람 (baram, “wind”) was borrowed from Old Chinese (Zhao, 2007).

Noun

*C̬.lɯmᴬ (Pittayaporn, 2009)

1. wind

Descendants

• Tai
  • Northern Tai
    • Zhuang: rumz
    • Bouyei: ndumx, rumx
  • Central Tai
    • Tày: lồm
  • Southwestern Tai
    • Thai: ลม (lom)
    • Northern Thai: ᩃᩫ᩠ᨾ (lom)
    • Lao: ລົມ (lom)
    • Lü: ᦟᦳᧄ (lum)
    • Tai Nüa: ᥘᥨᥛᥰ (löm)
    • Shan: လူမ်း (lúum)
    • Phake: လုံ (luṃ)
    • Tai Dam: ꪶꪩꪣ
    • Ahom: 𑜎𑜪𑜤 (laṃu)