raemx

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Zhuang

Alternative forms

(Youjiang) laemx
(Nong) naemx

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *C̬.namꟲ (“water”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜃𑜪 (naṃ),Lao ນ້ຳ (nam), Lü ᦓᧄᧉ (nam²), Northern Thai ᨶ᩶ᩣᩴ (nam), Shan ၼမ်ႉ (nâ̰m), Tai Dam ꪙꪾ꫁ (nam6), Tai Nüa ᥘᥛᥳ (lȧm), Thai น้ำ (náam), Southern Kam naemx, Tày nặm.

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɣam˦˨/
Tone numbers: raem⁴
Hyphenation: raemx

Regional forms of this morpheme

(northern)
- (Yongbei 邕北)
  - (Wuming 武鳴／武鸣) IPA^(key): /ɣam⁴/^[1]^:80^[2]^:80
- (Guibei 桂北)
  - (Rong'an 融安) IPA^(key): /sam⁴/^[1]^:80
  - (Huanjiang 環江／环江) IPA^(key): /ɣam³/^[1]^:89
  - (Hechi 河池) IPA^(key): /ram⁴/^[2]^:80
- (Hongshuihe 紅水河／红水河)
  - (Laibin 來賓／来宾) IPA^(key): /ɣam⁴/^[2]^:87
- (Youjiang 右江) IPA^(key): /lam⁴/^[1]^:83
  - (Tianyang 田陽／田阳) IPA^(key): /lam⁴/^[1]^:89
  - (Tiandong 田東／田东) IPA^(key): /lam⁴/^[2]^:87
- (Guibian 桂邊／桂边)
  - (Longlin 隆林) IPA^(key): /zam⁴/^[2]^:80
(southern)
- (Yongnan 邕南)
  - (Long'an 隆安) IPA^(key): /ham⁴/^[1]^:89
- (Zuojiang 左江)
  - (Longzhou 龍州／龙州) IPA^(key): /ham⁴/^[1]^:89, IPA^(key): /nam⁴/^[2]^:80
- (Dejing 德靖)
  - (Jingxi 靖西) IPA^(key): /ham⁴/^[1]^:89, IPA^(key): /nam⁴/^[2]^:80
  - (Dejing 德靖) IPA^(key): /noːm⁴/^[1]^:86
- (Yanguang 硯廣／砚广)
  - (Yanshan 硯山／砚山) IPA^(key): /nam⁴/^[2]^:80
  - (Maguan 馬關／马关) IPA^(key): ^[3]^:12
- (Wenma 文麻)
  - (Maguan 馬關／马关) IPA^(key): ^[3]^:12

Noun

raemx (Sawndip forms 淰 or 𭰽 or 淋 or 𭜯 or 𢗨 or 𣲙, 1957–1982 spelling rəmч)

water
- 2008, Rint Sybesma, “Zhuang: A Tai language with some Sinitic characteristics”, in Pieter Muysken, editor, From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics, page 246:
  De fwngz ndeu yaeuj ndaej song doengj raemx bae!
  He/she can lift two buckets of water with one hand!

References

Adams Bodomo, Yanqin Pan, A proficiency course in Zhuang: fieldwork documentation (2007), page 18

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Zhang Yuansheng, Wei Xingyun, Regional Variants and Vernaculars in Zhuang, Comparative Kadai: The Tai Branch (Dallas, SIL, 1997)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 Wei Qingwen, Tan Guosheng, Zhuangyu Jianzhi (壮语简志) (Beijing, Minzu Chubanshe, 1980)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Eric C. Johnson, A Brief Overview of the Tone Systems of the Zhuang and Dai Languages of Maguan County, Yunnan, China (2008)

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