STEDT
STEDT #1427

*b-lum

EYE / EYEBALL / HEART / ROUND OBJECT

Reconstruction analysis

handlelumprefixbinitiallrhymeumcoverL · N

Connections

HPTB*zlum ‘round’pp. 78, 272
Poss. allofam#1020

Notes

The vocalism of the Tujia reflexes varies from -o to -a, leading to the hypothesis that the Proto-Tujia form was something like *lwa. Several Northern Tujia forms actually have the vocalism -uo.

Reflexes & cognates121 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.1.2Deng40

Darang [Taraon]blm-(bremorpheme/ma:morpheme) ‘blind’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]blm-a:gumorpheme ‘pupil (of the eye)’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]blm-aːgumorpheme ‘pupil’Matisoff 87 BP
Darang [Taraon]blm-gaːpmorpheme ‘eyebrow’Matisoff 87 BP
Darang [Taraon]blm-nyã:morpheme ‘disease of the eye’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]bɯ³¹ lɯm⁵⁵ tsɑu⁵⁵ ‘blind person’Sun H 80 MLD
Darang [Taraon]bɯ³¹lɯm⁵⁵ ‘eye’Sun H 80 MLD
Darang [Taraon]bɯ³¹lɯm⁵⁵ ‘eye’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 238.49
Darang [Taraon]bɯ³¹lɯm⁵⁵ tɑ³¹morpheme kueŋ⁵³morpheme ‘eye socket’Sun H 80 MLD
Darang [Taraon]bɯ³¹lɯm⁵⁵ tɯ³¹morpheme bɹoŋ³⁵morpheme ‘eyeball’Sun H 80 MLD
Darang [Taraon]bɯ³¹lɯm⁵⁵ ɑ³¹prefix goŋ³⁵morpheme ‘pupil’Sun H 80 MLD
Darang [Taraon]bɯ³¹lɯm⁵⁵m̩⁵⁵ n‘eyebrow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0078.22
Darang [Taraon]bɯ³¹lɯm⁵⁵m⁵⁵ ‘eyebrow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 237.49
Darang [Taraon]bɯ³¹lɯm⁵⁵tsɑu⁵³ n‘blind person’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0202.22
Darang [Taraon]bɯ³¹lɯm⁵⁵tsɑu⁵³ ‘blind person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 300.49
Idue⁵⁵prefixloŋ⁵⁵ma³¹morpheme ‘blind’Sun H 91 IduQ: 3.4.10
Idue⁵⁵prefixloŋ⁵⁵mɑ³¹morpheme ‘blind person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 300.50
Idue⁵⁵prefixlo⁵⁵bɹa⁵⁵morpheme ‘eye’Sun H 91 IduQ: 3.4
Idue⁵⁵prefixlo⁵⁵bɹɑ⁵⁵ ‘eye’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 238.50
Idueprefix-bramorpheme ‘eye’Anonymous 62 Idu
Iduemorpheme-tamorpheme-amorpheme ‘eye (pupil)’Pulu 78
Idueprefixlõmbramorpheme ‘eye’Pulu 78
Iduemorphemeko#589 PTB *kwa ‘SKIN’ ‘eyelid’Pulu 78
Idueprefixmamorpheme ‘blind’Pulu 78
Iduemorphemembramorpheme embemorpheme ‘eye disease’Pulu 78
Yidue⁵⁵prefixloŋ⁵⁵mɑ³¹morpheme n‘blind person’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0202.25
Yidue⁵⁵prefixlo⁵⁵bɹɑ⁵⁵morpheme n‘eye’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0079.25

3.2Qiangic13

Namuyily⁵⁵ ‘classifier for e.g. bowls’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 949.19
Namuyily⁵⁵ ‘classifier for grains’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 955.19
Namuyitʂi³³morphemely⁵⁵ ‘mole’Sun H 91 NamQ: 8.2.3.3

5Tujia24

Tujiaa²¹prefix la⁵⁵ kɯe²¹#589 PTB *kwa ‘SKIN’ lo²¹morpheme ‘eyelid’Chen 86 TuMQ: 3.4.1
Tujia (Northern)lo³⁵ pu³⁵#1228 PTB *s-pu ‘FEATHER / WING / HAIR (body)’ si³⁵morpheme ka⁵⁵morpheme ‘eyebrow’Tian 86
Tujialo³⁵ pu⁵⁵#1228 PTB *s-pu ‘FEATHER / WING / HAIR (body)’ si³⁵morpheme ka⁵⁵morpheme ‘eyebrow’Chen 86 TuBQ: 3.4.3
Tujia (Southern)ʔa²¹prefix la⁵⁵ ‘eye’Tian 86

6.2Naxi40

Laze (Xiangjiao)bu˧morphemely˥ ‘button’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 900
Laze (Xiangjiao)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’lv˥ ʂɑ˩morphemetu˥morpheme ‘orbit; eye socket’[Source note] bones of the eyeMichaud 06 NaLaze: 258
Na (Yongning)bv˩morphemeɭɯ˩ ‘kidneys’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)dze˧morphemeɭɯ˧ ‘wheat’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)dze˧morphemeɭɯ˧ ɻ̃#˥morpheme ‘wheat straw’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)hɑ˧morphemeɭɯ#˥ ‘cereals’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)pv˩morphemeɭɯ˧˩ ‘button’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ɕi˧morphemeɭɯ˧ ‘paddy rice’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ɕi˧morphemeɭɯ˧-lv˧morpheme ‘paddy field’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ɕi˧morphemeɭɯ˧-lv˧morphemepʰv˩morpheme ‘paddy field’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ɭɯ˧ CL‘CL of round objects: grains, bowls… Also for clothes’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxi (Eastern)bv³¹morphemelv¹³ ‘kidney’He 85
Naxi (Yongning)bv³¹morphemelv¹³ ‘kidney’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 270.29
Naxiby³³morphemely³³ nbp‘kidney’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0146.45
Naxi (Yongning)lv³³ ‘classifier for grains’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 955.29
Naxilv̩⁵⁵ clf‘classifier for rocks, stones’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0859.45
Naxilv̩⁵⁵ clf‘classifier for garments’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0864.45
Naxi (Lijiang)lv⁵⁵ ‘classifier for clothes’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 957.28
Naxily³³ clf‘classifier for bowls’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0836.45
Naxily³³ clf‘classifier for eggs’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0841.45
Naxily³³ clf‘grain (of rice)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0845.45
Naxi (Lijiang)ly³³ ‘classifier for e.g. bowls’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 949.28
Naxi (Lijiang)ly³³ ‘classifier for grains’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 955.28
Naxi (Western)mby³³morphemely³³ ‘kidney’He 85
Naxi (Lijiang)mby³³morphemely³³ ‘kidney’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 270.28
Naxi (Lijiang)tʂhəɹ⁵⁵morphemelv³³; tsəɹ³³morphemeta⁵⁵morpheme ‘bullet’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 425.28
Naxixɑ³³morphemely³³ n‘rice (unhusked)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0409.45
Naxizy³³morphemely³³ n‘button’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0470.45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1427, *b-lum ‘EYE / EYEBALL / HEART / ROUND OBJECT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1427
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("AMD") cf. 1020. Darang
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1427,
  title  = {{*b-lum 'EYE / EYEBALL / HEART / ROUND OBJECT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1427},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1427}
}