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STEDT #1186

*pluŋ

FACE

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*pluːŋ² OR *pyuːŋ² ‘FACE’

Reflexes & cognates105 reflexes · 7 subgroups

3.2Qiangic3

Xumiphã⁵⁵ n‘face’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0082.17
Xumiphɛ̃⁵⁵ ‘face’Sun H 91 ShiQ
Xumiphɛ̃⁵⁵ ‘face’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 236.20

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

This root very frequently occurs in compounds, either with #681 PTB *s-myak EYE or #803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr NOSE. See e.g. Lipho pha²¹me̱³³ (with #681 PTB *s-myak EYE) vs. Nusu (Central) pʰɹɑʴ⁵⁵ n̥ɑ³⁵ (with #803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr NOSE). To complicate matters further, the EYE morpheme may occur in either order with #1186 PTB *pluŋ FACE. See e.g. Lahu mɛ̂ʔ-phû vs. Lisu hpi⁵-myá³.

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish25

Lalopʰo²¹ me²¹morpheme ‘face’Lalo me²¹ is distinct from the morpheme for ‘eye’, ʔmI̱³³.Chen 86 Yi: 3.1
Nusu (Southern)pʰu⁵⁵ n̥ɔ³¹#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ ‘face’Southern Nusu n̥ɔ³¹ is distinct both from ‘eye’ miɑ̱³¹ and ‘nose’ ṇi⁵⁵. However, comparison with other forms leads us provisionally to assign it to #803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr NOSE.Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Nanhua)phe²¹me̱³³#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ n‘face’These two Nanhua forms, phe²¹me̱³³ and tʰᴀ̱²¹me̱³³, are perhaps evidence of dialect mixture. The PLB cluster *pl- sometimes loses the lateral element, but sometimes develops into a retroflex stop (as in Mojiang and Dafang). It is possible that the Nanhua form with retroflex initial is borrowed from such a dialect.Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0082.37
Yi (Nanjian)phu³¹ ‘face’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Xide)ma³³morpheme phɤ³¹ ‘face’Chen 85 YiJZ

6.1.2.2Central Loloish43

Lisu (Northern)phi²¹ N‘facial features; surface; face value; appearance; posture’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phi²¹ thæ²¹morphemesi³³morpheme ‘surface; in front of face’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phi²¹hwa²¹morpheme ba⁴⁴morphemelø⁵⁵morphemeø³³morpheme ‘glowing face’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phi²¹kɔ⁵⁵morpheme ‘skin; face; facial features; (poetic)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phi²¹tsɔ³⁵morpheme ‘in the presence; face to face’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phi²¹tɔ³⁵morpheme ‘face to face’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)phjø²¹ N‘facial features; surface; face value; appearance; posture’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)phjø²¹hwa⁴⁴morpheme ba⁴⁴morphemelø⁴⁴morphemelø⁴⁴morpheme ‘glowing face’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phɔ³⁵ V‘face; A towards’Bradley 94 Lisu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish24

Akhapjhɔ̀ ‘face’Hansson 89 AHKP: 253
Hani (Shuikui)pɔ³¹ pɔ³¹ ‘face’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Mpi(phjoŋ²) ‘face’Hansson 89 AHKP: 253
Mpim⁴prefixphjoŋ² ‘face’Bradley 79 PLo
Mpim⁴prefixphjoŋ² ‘face’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 62
Mpim⁴prefixphjoŋ² ‘face’Srinuan 76
Ugongphlɔŋ ‘face’Bradley 93 Ugo: 3.1

6.2Naxi10

Laze (Xiangjiao)pʰv˧mie˧#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ ‘face’[Source note] The presence of a rhyme /v/ in Laze remains a mystery.Michaud 06 NaLaze: 274
Na (Yongning)pʰæ˧ʈʂʰæ˧morphemelo#˥morpheme ‘washbasin, basin to wash one's face’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxi (Western)ma³³morpheme phɤ³¹ ‘face’Western Naxi ma³³ is distinct from the morpheme for ‘eye’: miə³¹ or miə⁵⁵.He 85
Naxi (Yongning)pha³³tʂha³³morphemelo³³morpheme ‘washbasin’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 445.29

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1186, *pluŋ ‘FACE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1186
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1186,
  title  = {{*pluŋ 'FACE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1186},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1186}
}