✶lambā n. “physical tongue”

✶lambā n. “physical tongue”

Reference ✧ WJ/394 ✧ “physical tongue”

Derivations

• < √LAB “lick, move the tongue”
• < ✶labmā “*(physical) tongue” ✧ WJ/416 (lab-mā)

Derivatives

• > Q. lamba “(physical) tongue” ✧ WJ/394
• > S. lam¹ “(physical) tongue; language” ✧ WJ/394
  • ⇒ 5 compounds
• > T. lamba “physical tongue” ✧ WJ/394

Phonetic Developments

✶lab-mā > lambā

[labmā] > [lambā]

✧ WJ/394