*boy

COWLICK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleboyinitialbrhymeoycoverP · W

Connections

HPTB*boy ‘cowlick’p. 228

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanboy ‘cowlick’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 585

*Tibeto-Burmanboy ‘cowlick’Benedict 72 STC: 308

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphoboi v.‘have a flexure / cowlick’Benedict 72 STC: 308

Jingpho (Hkauri)bòi ‘have flexure / cowlick’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 81

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)ta#367 PTB *s-kra ‘HAIR OF HEAD / HEAD’◦bē ‘cowlick (flexure in hair)’Bishop 89: 8.1.1.1

6.1.1Burmish4

Burmese (Written)bhwe ‘circular flexure in hair of animals, esp. horses’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)bhwe n.‘circular flexure in the hair of animals.’Benedict 72 STC: 308

Burmese (Written)bhwe ‘circular flexure in the hair of animals’Benedict 72 STC: 308

Burmese (Written)bwe ‘circular flexure in hair of animals’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 81

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1473, *boy ‘COWLICK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1473

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: STC#308, HPTB p.228

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1473,
  title  = {{*boy 'COWLICK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1473},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1473}
}