STEDT #1429
*s-mu-t
BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR
Reconstruction analysis
handlemuinitialmrhymeu-tcoverM · VT
Intermediate reconstructions
Connections
Allofams
- 1 #363 *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’
- 1a #1429 *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’
- 1b #2058 *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’
HPTB (PLB)*ʔ-məw¹ ‘body hair’pp. 40, 100
Notes
This root is clearly allofamic with #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal HAIR / FUR / FEATHER, and in fact in some cases it is difficult to tell to which variant a particular reflex should be assigned.
Reflexes & cognates96 reflexes · 13 subgroups
1.1.1Tani1
1.1.1.1Western Tani45
Apatanija#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’-piŋ#806 PTB *bu(k/ŋ) ‘NOSE / NOSTRIL’ aprefix-mu ‘nose hair’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengniñiː#1002 PPC *r-mi(y)-n ‘PERSON / MAN’PTani *miː ‘MAN (homo)’PKC *mii ‘PERSON / MAN / PEOPLE’PCN *a-[h]məjʔ ‘PERSON, HUMAN’PTk *mi ‘MAN / HUMAN’PNN *C̥-məy ‘MAN (generic)’TGTM *ᴬmi ‘MAN’ aprefix-mɯ ‘hair (on human skin)’Sun J 93 Tani
Galo`lag#695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’MesorootsPTani *lak ‘HAND / ARM’PNN *glək ‘HAND’PLB *lakᴸ ‘HAND’PL *lakᴸ ‘HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦mə n.‘arm hair’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`lag#695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’MesorootsPTani *lak ‘HAND / ARM’PNN *glək ‘HAND’PLB *lakᴸ ‘HAND’PL *lakᴸ ‘HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦mə n.‘hair (of the arm)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`lə#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦mə n.‘hair (leg)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`lə#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦mə n.‘leg hair’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`mag#548 PTB *s-nyak ⪤ *s-nik ‘PENIS / COPULATE’PTani *mrak ‘PENIS’◦mə n.‘pubic hair (male)’GLDC 09 Galo
1.1.1.2Eastern Tani19
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]ming#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-muit ‘lashes’Matisoff 87 BP
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]ming#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-muit ‘eyelash’Matisoff 87 BP
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]tí#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’-muit ‘hair (pubic)’Matisoff 87 BP
Damutɯ#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’-miː ‘pubic hair (female)’Sun J 93 Tani
Milangdu#1425 PTani *dum ‘HEAD / HAIR’◦ma ŋatmorpheme tubmorpheme cumorpheme-ma ‘hair-do (knotting)’Tayeng 76 Mil
1.2.2Central Chin1
Lushai [Mizo]hmûi-hmul#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’ ‘moustache’Matisoff 87 BP
2.1.1Western Himalayish4
2.1.4Tamangish2
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1
2.3.2Southern Kiranti1
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1
Magarmi-mur#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’ ‘moustache’Matisoff 87 BP
3.3rGyalrongic1
3.3.1rGyalrong1
rGyalrong (Eastern)təprefix◦wammorpheme wumorpheme◦ʃno#471 PTB *s-nwat ⪤ *s-nut ‘MOUTH / VESSEL / WOMB’◦momorpheme◦rɲe ‘whiskers (of animal)’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1.7
6.1.1Burmish11
Burmese (Modern)mu◦cʻit#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ ‘beard’Luce 85: V.106
Burmese (Rangoon)moʔ⁴sheʔ⁴#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ n‘beard / moustache / goatee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0086.27
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)moʔ⁴⁴hseʔ⁴⁴#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ ‘beard’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 246.40
Burmese (Written)mu'-chit#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ ‘beard’Lit. “goat-beard” (cf. English ‘goatee’, for a similar semantic association between goats and facial hair).Matisoff 87 BP
Burmese (Written)mut hsit#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ ‘beard’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 246.39
Burmese (Written)mut-chit#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ ‘beard’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)mut⁴shit⁴#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ n‘beard / moustache / goatee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0086.26
Burmese (Written)mut◦chit#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ ‘beard’Marrison 67 Naga
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish9
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #1429,
*s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1429Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1429,
title = {{*s-mu-t 'BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1429},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1429}
}