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STEDT #1421

*bat

SMELL / ODOR
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlebatinitialbrhymeatcoverP · T

Connections

HPTB*bat ‘smell / odor’p. 330

Notes

For phonosemantically similar roots, see #5756 PTB *bu STINK / SMELL BAD and #810 PTB *bi NOSE.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphobàt ‘odor, any kind of smell, fragrant / offensive’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 030

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish8

Akhabehʔ³¹-laʔ³¹morpheme v.‘smell’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 030
Akha (Thai)bɛ̀q làqmorpheme ‘smell’Hansson 89 AHKP: 483
Akha (Yunnan)bɛ̀q làqmorpheme ‘smell’Hansson 89 AHKP: 483
Akha (Thai)bɛ̀q-làqmorpheme ‘smell’Hansson 89 AHKP: 532
Hani (Lüchun)bɛ làqmorpheme ‘smell’Hansson 89 AHKP: 532
Hani (Pijo)pỳ nímorpheme ? ‘smell’Hansson 89 AHKP: 532
Hani (Wordlist)bbeiv◦lavqmorpheme ‘smell’Hansson 89 AHKP: 532

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1421, *bat ‘SMELL / ODOR’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1421
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: GSTC 30, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1421,
  title  = {{*bat 'SMELL / ODOR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1421},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1421}
}