*m-ba(k/ŋ)

COPULATE / LOVE / WOMB

Reconstruction analysis

handlebaKinitialbrhymeak/ŋcoverP · NT

Notes

This etymon, which seems to cover quite an unusual semantic range, including COPULATE / LOVE, and WOMB / NEST, is fairly broadly distributed, with likely reflexes in the NE Indian Areal Group, Himalayish, Loloish, and Tangut (Xixia). Allofams with final velar stop and final velar nasal both occur. The nasal prefix is directly attested in Moyon, Bisu, and Tangut.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.1“North Assam”1

Sulung [Puroik]a³³prefixpak¹¹ ‘love’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 719.52

1.1.1.1Western Tani4

Bengnipak ‘love’Sun J 93 Tani

Galopag◦namsuffix vt.‘love’GLDC 09 Galo

Taginpak namsuffix ‘love, fall in’Das Gupta 83 Tag

Taginpak-namsuffix v‘love’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Moyonmpúʔ ‘copulate’Kosha 90: 10.2

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Pattani [Manchati]bàŋ ‘womb’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 10.4.8

Pattani [Manchati]baŋg ‘nest’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchatămorpheme-băk ‘womb’Matisoff 87 BP

Mpipoʔ⁴ ‘womb’Srinuan 76

Mpipoʔ⁴ muŋʔ¹morpheme ‘womb’Srinuan 76

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1359, *m-ba(k/ŋ) ‘COPULATE / LOVE / WOMB’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1359

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: from byak VAGINA?

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1359,
  title  = {{*m-ba(k/ŋ) 'COPULATE / LOVE / WOMB'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1359},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1359}
}