Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *tàmìas-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to try

Russian meaning: пробовать

Old Japanese: tam(j)esi 'example'

Middle Japanese: tames-

Tokyo: tamés-

Kyoto: támés-

Kagoshima: tàmès-

Comments: JLTT 763.

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *t`àma

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: to taste, munch

Russian meaning: пробовать на вкус, чавкать

Mongolian: *tamsija-

Tungus-Manchu: *tami-

Japanese: *tàmiàs-

Comments: KW 377, Doerfer MT 55 ("onomatopoetisch-verdächtig"). Cf. Oyr., Khak. tamɨ 'taste'. Jpn. *tamias- may be alternatively derived from *t`emV q. v.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *tamsija-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to munch; to taste

Russian meaning: жевать, пробовать на вкус

Written Mongolian: tamsija-

Khalkha: tamšā-

Buriat: tamšā-

Kalmuck: tamšā-

Ordos: tamsuG, taŋsuG 'tasty'

Comments: KW 377. Mong. > Manchu tamiša- (see Rozycki 201).

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *tami-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 to munch 2 to inhale 3 to swallow

Russian meaning: 1 чавкать 2 вдыхать 3 глотать (воздух, слюну)

Evenki: tam- 1

Even: tam- 2

Negidal: tamančị- 'сжать зубы'

Nanai: tamị- 3

Comments: ТМС 2, 158, 159.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *ṭVHmV

Meaning: to bite, taste

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *t`àma

Uralic: ObU *tōɣǝm- ~ *tōwǝm- 'bite'

Eskimo-Aleut: *tamu- (-ra-)

References: ND 2374 *ṭo/aɣmV 'to bite, champ, taste'.

Eskimo etymology :

Proto-Eskimo: *tamu- (-ra-)

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to chew

Russian meaning: жевать

Proto-Yupik: *tamu- (-ra-)

Proto-Inupik: *tamu- (-a-)

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 329

Yupik etymology :

Proto-Yupik: *tamu- (-ra-)

Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology

Meaning: to chew

Russian Meaning: жевать

Sirenik: tamǝ́ɫǝχ 'food', tamǝ́χtǝqǝ̄́χ 'to feed'

Chaplino: tamáɣaqā (tamá-lǝq (χǝt) dvn.), tamák (ɣǝt) 'chaw'

Naukan: tamōʁaquq, tamō 'mouth full of food'

Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: tamūq 'dried fish' = 'food'

Central Alaskan Yupik: tamu- sing., tamua- mult.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 329

Inupik etymology :

Proto-Inupik: *tạmų- (-a-)

Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology

Meaning: to chew 1, mouthful 2

Russian meaning: жевать 1, полный рот 2

Seward Peninsula Inupik: tamuq 'sth. chewed', tamuq- 'to eat greens raw, to che food for another', tamua- 1, tamuaq 'sth. chewed'

SPI Dialects: W tamoa(z)ʁoq* 1, KI tamoaɣa* 1

North Alaskan Inupik: tamuq- 1, tamuaq 'single bite of food'

NAI Dialects: B tamoqtoq* 1

Western Canadian Inupik: tamuq- 1, tamuaq 2

WCI Dialects: Cor tamoqtoq* 1, Car, Cop, Net tamua- 1

Eastern Canadian Inupik: tamua- 1, tamuaq 2, tamuattuaq 'chewing gum', tamuʁaq 'sth. held in mouth'

Greenlandic Inupik: tamuʁ- (tamorpoq*), tamuluɣ- 1, tamua- mult. 1 (cud), tamuā̆q 2, tamuʁasaq 'taste of freshy caught game'

GRI Dialects: EG tamua- 'to eat' [Ras.], NG tamuattaq 'chewing gum'

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 329

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : TVMV

Meaning : taste

Eurasiatic : *ṭVHmV

Afroasiatic : *ṭaʕam-

Sino-Caucasian : ST *t(h)V̆m 'taste, fragrance'

Amerind (misc.) : *tam 'salt; bitter, tasty' (R 595) [+ A]

Reference : ND 2374.

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ṭaʕam-

Meaning: taste, eat

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ṭVʕam- 'eat, taste'

Central Chadic: *tVm- 'eat (smth dry)' 1, 'taste' 2

Low East Cushitic: *ṭam- 'drink'

Omotic: *ṭam- 'drink'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 828

Proto-Semitic: *ṭVʕam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'eat, taste'

Hebrew: ṭʕm

Aramaic: Pal ṭʕm

Arabic: ṭʕm [-a-]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ṭʕm

Mehri: ṭam

Jibbali: ṭaʕam

Harsusi: ṭam

Soqotri: ṭaʕam

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *tVm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'eat (smth dry)' 1, 'taste' 2

Mofu-Gudur: -tǝm- 1 [BMof]

Mada: tí-tímí [TMlw] 2

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ṭam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'drink'

Somali: (cf. ḍaʕan 'taste' (n.) <Eth?)

Baiso: ṭame

Notes: Lw. < or to Kafa is possible

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *ṭam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'drink'

Kafa (Kaficho): ṭamo

Notes: lw. > or <Bay?

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