From Proto-Micronesian *rama, from Proto-Oceanic *ramaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ.
saram
sár (“mud”) + -am (“my”, possessive suffix)
saram
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | saram | — |
| accusative | saramat | — |
| dative | saramnak | — |
| instrumental | sarammal | — |
| causal-final | saramért | — |
| translative | sarammá | — |
| terminative | saramig | — |
| essive-formal | saramként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | saramban | — |
| superessive | saramon | — |
| adessive | saramnál | — |
| illative | saramba | — |
| sublative | saramra | — |
| allative | saramhoz | — |
| elative | saramból | — |
| delative | saramról | — |
| ablative | saramtól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
saramé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
saraméi | — |
| Root |
|---|
| s-r-m |
| 7 terms |
saram m (plural sriema)
saram (imperfect jisrom, past participle misrum, verbal noun srim)
| Conjugation of saram | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | sramt | sramt | saram | sramna | sramtu | sarmu | |
| f | sarmet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nisrom | tisrom | jisrom | nisormu | tisormu | jisormu | |
| f | tisrom | |||||||
| imperative | isrom | isormu | ||||||
saram
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *sʰaː, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sja-n. Cognates include Tibetan ཤ (sha) and Zou sa.
saram n (genitive singular sarame, nominative plural sarae, diminutive saratro)