Reconstruction analysis
handlemoinitialmrhymeocoverM · V
Notes
This root is confined strictly to the Naga languages with the meaning VAGINA. Several of the reflexes in this set resemble forms that have been assigned to #547 PTB *maːk SON-IN-LAW / GENITALS / PENIS / MALE / VAGINA [q.v.], a root which also has several reflexes that mean ‘vagina’.
Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 2 subgroups
1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group7
Angami Naga⁵u#18 PTB *ʔu ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *ɯ ‘BODY’²mie ‘vagina’Angami ⁵u is a general body-part prefix.The vowel of Angami ²mie seems an unlikely reflex of *-o (< #1353 NEIA *mo VAGINA); yet the alternative of assigning this form to #547 PTB *maːk SON-IN-LAW / GENITALS / PENIS / MALE / VAGINA seems no better, since the regular Angami reflex of *-ak seems to be -o (e.g. WEAVE *dak > Ang. do; ANT *-rwak > Ang. cho).Weidert 87 TBTo: 474
Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix mie³¹ mia⁵⁵#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’ ‘female pubic hair’Nienu 90 AngQ: 10.4.5
1.3.3Zeme Group3
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #1353,
*mo ‘VAGINA’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1353Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("NAG")
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1353,
title = {{*mo 'VAGINA'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1353},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1353}
}