STEDT #1115
*yar
MOUTH / MOUSTACHE / BEARD
Reconstruction analysis
handleyar/tinitialyrhymea(r/t)coverL · LT
Connections
HPTB*yar ‘beard / moustache’p. 390
Notes
The final -t in the Lepcha form is unexplained, in view of the fact that Lepcha preserves final -r.
Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 7 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1
2.1.1Western Himalayish1
2.1.2Bodic1
2.1.2.1Tibetan5
Lahuliyar-sam#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘moustache’Benedict 72 STC: 73
Tibetan (Written)yar-sam#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair’Luce 85: G.114
2.1.3Lepcha1
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2
Yakhawiːmorpheme◦ya◦muŋ#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘whiskers (of animal)’Kohn 90: 8.1.7
Yakhaya◦muŋ#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘moustache’Kohn 90: 8.1.2.3
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #1115,
*yar ‘MOUTH / MOUSTACHE / BEARD’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1115Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.390
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1115,
title = {{*yar 'MOUTH / MOUSTACHE / BEARD'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1115},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1115}
}