Reconstruction analysis
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Intermediate reconstructions
Notes
The *s- prefix is reconstructed here on the basis of the Newar and the Nusu (Central) forms.
Many forms, especially in Qiangic, Tamangic, and Tani, seem to be borrowings from Tibetan.
Cf. also #1441 PTB *mwa-ŋ FAT.
For the semantic connection between YELLOW and BUTTER, cf. Mandarin 黃油 huángyóu ‘butter’ (literally, “yellow oil”).
Reflexes & cognates117 reflexes · 17 subgroups
1.1“North Assam”1
1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2
1.1.2Deng1
1.4Meithei4
2.1.1Western Himalayish6
2.1.2Bodic9
2.1.2.1Tibetan15
2.1.4Tamangish30
2.2Newar1
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1
3.2Qiangic20
Guiqiongmə³⁵na⁵⁵#1443 PTB *s-n(u/a)m ‘FAT’dʑɑ⁵⁵morpheme v.‘extract (oil)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1781.16
Muya [Minyak]tø⁵⁵#42 PTB *tsow-s ‘FAT (v.a.) / OMENTUM’PCN *thu ‘OIL / GREASE / FAT’mɛ⁵³ ‘fat’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 8.3
Muya [Minyak]tø⁵⁵#42 PTB *tsow-s ‘FAT (v.a.) / OMENTUM’PCN *thu ‘OIL / GREASE / FAT’mɛ⁵³ ‘oil’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 397.15
Zhaba (Daofu County)me³³na⁵⁵#1443 PTB *s-n(u/a)m ‘FAT’ n‘oil (vegetable)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0446.14
3.3rGyalrongic4
3.3.1rGyalrong7
rGyalrong (Lixian Xuecheng Jiamizhai)taprefix-miar; darmorpheme ‘oil as food’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0334
4Nungic6
5Tujia2
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish2
6.2Naxi9
Na (Yongning)ʂe˩#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’mɤ˩ ‘fat meat’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #1470,
*s-mar ‘GOLD / YELLOW / BUTTER / OIL’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1470Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1470,
title = {{*s-mar 'GOLD / YELLOW / BUTTER / OIL'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1470},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1470}
}