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STEDT #1384

*ma(k/ŋ)

GUTS / BELLY / VITAL ORGAN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlemaKinitialmrhymea(k/ŋ)coverM · NT

Reflexes & cognates66 reflexes · 17 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanmak ‘guts / belly / vital organ’Matisoff 78 VSTB

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Tangkhulmoŋ-khuimorpheme ‘abdomen / pelvis’Matisoff 87 BP
Tangkhulmoŋ-khuimorpheme ‘abdomen, pelvis’Matisoff 78 VSTB
Tangkhulmoŋ◦khuimorpheme ‘abdomen / belly’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2Bodic2

Tsangla (Tilang)dʑumorpheme-ma ‘intestines’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tshona (Mama)pɛː¹³morpheme cem⁵⁵morpheme mᴀʔ⁵³ ‘spleen’Sun H 80 MLD

2.1.2.1Tibetan6

Tibetan (Batang)dʑo⁵⁵morpheme ma⁵⁵ ‘intestines / bowels’Dai 89 Bata: 9.11
Sherpageprefix-mā ‘guts’Matisoff 78 VSTB

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti4

2.3.2Southern Kiranti7

4Nungic5

6.1.1Burmish1

Achang (Longchuan)lɔʔ⁵⁵morpheme məʔ³¹ ‘pulse (of hand)’Dai 85 AcJZ

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish7

6.1.2.2Central Loloish19

Ahidʐi²¹morpheme mo̱²¹ ‘pulse’Luo 90: 9.3.2

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish5

Akha (Yunnan)m̀prefix maq ‘stomach’Hansson 89 AHKP: 263

8Bai1

Bai (Jianchuan)mæ̱⁴⁴ ‘pulse’Zhao 90: 9.3.2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1384, *ma(k/ŋ) ‘GUTS / BELLY / VITAL ORGAN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1384
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1384,
  title  = {{*ma(k/ŋ) 'GUTS / BELLY / VITAL ORGAN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1384},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1384}
}