STEDT
STEDT #1114

*s-ma-ŋ

BEARD / MOUSTACHE

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This root is quite distinct from #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal HAIR / FUR / FEATHER. Compare, e.g. WB mwê < *s-mul vs. hmaŋ < *s-ma-ŋ.

Reflexes & cognates55 reflexes · 16 subgroups

1.7.1.1Bodo1

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Kham'ma̩h ‘moustache’Matisoff 87 BP
Khammə̃ːh ‘moustache’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.A.14

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]mɪ̯ạ¹ ‘beard’Sofronov 97

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Nusu (Central)xã̱⁵³morpheme m̥ɯ⁵⁵ ‘feathers’Dai 89 NusB: 348.

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1114, *s-ma-ŋ ‘BEARD / MOUSTACHE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1114
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1114,
  title  = {{*s-ma-ŋ 'BEARD / MOUSTACHE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1114},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1114}
}