Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-njam
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Etymology
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *niəm/nyəm (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-nyam ("think"), *nyam ("see") (Matisoff, STEDT)
Compare Proto-Austronesian *nemnem (“to think”) (Sagart, 1993) (~ doublet *demdem (“to think”)) (> Paiwan (Kulalao) ki-nemnem (“to think, to cogitate”), Kavalan anem (“heart, mind, conscience”), Javanese angrem (“sit brooding”)), Khmer ចំណាំ (cɑmnam, “to remember, to keep in mind; memory, remembrance”) (< ចាំ (cam)) (Schuessler, 2007).
Verb
*s-njam
- to think
Noun
*s-njam
Descendants
- Old Chinese: 念 (niàn) /*nˤim-s/ (B-S), /*nɯːms/ (ZS) ("to think of, to miss; to show love for; to read aloud"); 無念／无念 (wúniàn) /*m.nˤim-s/ (B-S; unlisted) ("to think of"); 恁 /*nəmʔ/ (B-S), /*njɯmʔ/ (ZS) ("to think of, to long for")
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→ Japanese: 念 (ねん, nen)
Korean: 념 (念, nyeom)
Vietnamese: niệm (念)
- Himalayish
See also
- *sam ~ sem-s (“breath, spirit, heart”)