Tibetan (Written)mɑmorpheme-hemorpheme-mo ‘buffalo (female)’The first two syllables are a loan from Indo-Aryan, cf. mahiṣá ‘buffalo’ (Turner 1962:573).Jäschke 1881

Tibetan (Written)pímorpheme-mo ‘cat (female)’Jäschke 1881

Tibetan (Written)rgad#2228 PTB *r-ga ‘OLD’◦mo ‘old woman’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)rimorpheme-bóŋmorpheme-mo ‘hare (female)’Jäschke 1881

Tibetan (Written)rtólmorpheme-mo ‘bastard (female)’Jäschke 1881

Tibetan (Written)rŋɑmorpheme-mo ‘camel(female) / camel’Jäschke 1881

Tibetan (Written)spré#5566 PBod *s-pra ‘MONKEY’-mo ‘monkey (female)’Jäschke 1881

Tibetan (Written)sprɑ́#5566 PBod *s-pra ‘MONKEY’-mo ‘monkey (female)’Jäschke 1881

Tibetan (Written)spyɑ́ŋ#6051 PTB *s-pjaŋ ‘WILD DOG’PTani *pjaŋ ‘WILD DOG’-mo ‘wolf (female)’Jäschke 1881

Tibetan (Xiahe)jemorpheme mo n‘deer (female)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0313.04

Tibetan (Xiahe)ndzomorpheme mo n‘cattle (bull-yak crossbreed, female)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0258.04

2.1.4Tamangish1

Manang (Prakaa)²mwo ‘female’Hoshi 84: 0543

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Thulungmo◦ciumorpheme ‘woman’Allen 75

3.2Qiangic4

Lyuzuʑuo⁵³morphememo⁵³ n‘girl’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0176.18

Muyamo³³ȵo⁵³morpheme n‘woman’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0174.15

Muya [Minyak]mo⁵⁵ȵo⁵³morpheme ‘woman’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 291.15

Muya [Minyak]mo⁵⁵ȵo⁵³morpheme ‘young woman’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 294.15

3.3.1rGyalrong9

Caodengmdzomorpheme-mo ‘dzo (female)’Sun J 97 Cao

Caodengmo ‘female’Sun J 97 Cao

rGyalrongmo sɐrmorpheme ‘young woman’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 294.12

Caodengmo-srimorpheme ‘demon (female)’Sun J 97 Cao

Caodengqɐprefix-gji#6028 PTB *g-ya(k/ŋ) ‘SHEEP / YAK’-mo ‘sheep (female)’Sun J 97 Cao

Caodengtsʰét#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’-mo ‘goat (female)’Sun J 97 Cao

rGBenzhennbro#1431 PTB *s/m-raŋ ‘HORSE’PKC *raŋ ‘HORSE’PLB *mraŋ² ‘HORSE’-moʔ ‘horse (female)’Sun J 97 rGB

rGBenzhensərmorpheme-mo ‘demon (female)’Sun J 97 rGB

rGBenzhenʂtamorpheme-mo ‘horse (female)’Sun J 97 rGB

6.1.2Loloish1

Lolophomo³³ ‘female’Dai 89 Lolo: 10.4

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish26

Lalomo̱³³ ‘female’Chen 86 CS: 179.

Liphomo̱³³ ‘female’Chen 86 CS: 179.

Nasumo̱² ‘female’Chen 86 CS: 179.

Nasumo²¹ ne³³morpheme ‘female’Chen 86 Yi: 10.4

Neisumo̱³³ ‘female’Chen 86 CS: 179.

Nesumo̱³³ ‘female’Chen 86 CS: 179.

Yi (Liangshan)a²¹prefixmo²¹ ‘animal, female; female (animal); wife’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)a²¹prefixmo²¹vu³³morpheme ‘matron; woman’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)khɯ²¹#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’mo²¹ ‘bitch (dog); dog, female’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)mo²¹ ‘female; girl’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)mo²¹ti³³morpheme ‘woman, single’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)mo²¹ȵi³³morphemen̥i³⁴morphememo²¹ ‘cousin, female parallel’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)mo³⁴ ‘woman (aunt/mother/daughter) [classifier]’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)mu²¹#1431 PTB *s/m-raŋ ‘HORSE’PKC *raŋ ‘HORSE’PLB *mraŋ² ‘HORSE’mo²¹ ‘horse, female; mare’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)n̥i²¹morphememo²¹za⁵⁵morphememo²¹ ‘matron; woman’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)o³³morphemeȵi³³morphememo³⁴ ‘cousin, female cross’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)o³³morphemeȵi³³morphememo³⁴a³⁴morphemebo³³morphemezɯ³³morpheme ‘cousins, male/female cross’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)pha⁵⁵morphemevu³³morphemen̥i³⁴morphememo²¹ ‘cousin, female parallel’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)pha⁵⁵morphemevu³³morphemevu⁵⁵morphememo²¹ ‘cousin, female parallel’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)tʂhɿ⁵⁵#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’khɔ³³morphememo²¹ ‘goat, young female’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)vɿ⁵⁵morphememo²¹ ‘sister, older [female speaker]’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)ʑi³³#1612 PTB *k-y(i/u)m ‘HOUSE’PKC *ʔim ‘HOUSE’PCN *a-jam ‘HOUSE / VILLAGE’PTk *ʃim ‘HOUSE’TGTM *ᴮdim ‘HOUSE’PLB *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PL *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PKar *hyi[m] ‘HOUSE’ȵi³⁴morphemea²¹prefixmo²¹ ‘woman of the house’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Mile)mᴀ²¹morphemetʂɛ³³morphememo³³ ‘woman’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 291.25

Yi (Nanhua)mu²¹#1431 PTB *s/m-raŋ ‘HORSE’PKC *raŋ ‘HORSE’PLB *mraŋ² ‘HORSE’mo³³ge³³morpheme n‘mare’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0271.37

Yi (Nanhua)tshɑ³³morphememo³³ge³³morpheme n‘woman’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0174.37

Yi (Nanhua)tshᴀ³³morphememo³³ ‘woman’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 291.24

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Ahii³³morpheme mo³³ ‘female’Luo 90: 10.4

Ahima²¹morphemetʂɛ²²morphememo³³ ‘female’Chen 86 Yi: 10.4

Ahimo̱³³ ‘female’Chen 86 CS: 179.

Jinuokhɔ³³morphememɔ⁴⁴ ‘woman’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 291.34

Jinuo (Youle)khɔ⁴⁴morphememɔ³³ ‘woman / female’Gai 86

Jinuokhɔ⁴⁴morphememɔ³³ n‘woman’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0174.44

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish10

Hani (Pijo)jùmorpheme mo ? ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 274

Hani (Pijo)jùmorpheme mɔ ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 99

Hani (Caiyuan)siau³¹loanwordxɔ³¹morphememɔ³³ ‘young woman’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 294.30

Hani (Shuikui)tsv̩³¹morphemepɔ³¹morpheme ;tsv̩³¹morphememɔ³ ‘stupid (male; female)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 905.32

Hani (Khatu)jàmorpheme mo ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 274

Hani (Khatu)jàmorpheme mo ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 99

Hani (Mojiang)mu³¹#1431 PTB *s/m-raŋ ‘HORSE’PKC *raŋ ‘HORSE’PLB *mraŋ² ‘HORSE’mɔ³³ n‘mare’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0271.42

Hani (Mojiang)tsv̩³¹morphememɔ³³ n‘fool / blockhead (female)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0208.42

Hani (Mojiang)tsv̩³¹morpheme◦mɔ³³̉ n‘mute (female)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0211.42

Mpikho²morphememo⁴ ‘female / wife / woman’Srinuan 76

7Karenic22

*Karenmo ‘mother / female’Chou 72: 947a-e

*Karen (Pwo-Sgaw)mò ‘female (nonhuman)’Jones 61: 19

*Karen (Sgaw)mò ‘female (nonhuman)’Jones 61: 19

*Karen (Pwo)mó' ‘female (nonhuman)’Jones 61: 19

*Karen [Burling]mo¹ ‘female (humans), mother’Luangthongkum 13: 113

*Karenmuᴮ ‘female (humans), mother’Luangthongkum 13: 113

Bwebo¹¹morpheme mu⁵⁵ ‘female (humans), mother’Luangthongkum 13: 113

Kayahmu¹¹ ‘female (humans), mother’Luangthongkum 13: 113

Kayanmu¹¹ ‘female (humans), mother’Luangthongkum 13: 113

Kayawmu¹¹ ‘female (humans), mother’Luangthongkum 13: 113

Pa-Omú ‘female (human)’Jones 61: 58

Pa-O (Northern)mu⁵³ ‘female (humans), mother’Luangthongkum 13: 113

Pa-O (Southern)mu⁵⁵ ‘female (humans), mother’Luangthongkum 13: 113

Palaychimò ‘female (nonhuman)’Jones 61: 19

Pwo (Northern)mu¹¹ ‘female (humans), mother’Luangthongkum 13: 113

Pwo (Southern)mu³³ ‘female (humans), mother’Luangthongkum 13: 113

Pwo (Bassein)móʔ ‘female (nonhuman)’Jones 61: 19

Pwo (Moulmein)mó ‘female (nonhuman)’Jones 61: 19

Sgaw (Northern)mo¹¹¨ ‘female (humans), mother’Luangthongkum 13: 113

Sgaw (Southern)mu³¹ ‘female (humans), mother’Luangthongkum 13: 113

Sgaw (Bassein)mò ‘female (nonhuman)’Jones 61: 19

Sgaw (Moulmein)mò ‘female (nonhuman)’Jones 61: 19

8Bai1

Bai (Dali)niomorpheme mɔ 63 ‘woman’Dell 81: 258

Chinese (Mandarin)mǔ◦qīnmorpheme ‘mother’Evans 91

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1620, *mow ‘WOMAN / FEMALE RELATIVE / FEMININE SUFFIX’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1620

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

References: cf. HPTB pp. 223, 227; STC#297

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1620,
  title  = {{*mow 'WOMAN / FEMALE RELATIVE / FEMININE SUFFIX'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1620},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1620}
}

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Reflexes & cognates163 reflexes · 24 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

1.1.1.1Western Tani3

1.1.2Deng4

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

1.2.2Central Chin4

1.2.3Maraic1

1.4Meithei1

2.1.2Bodic8

2.1.2.1Tibetan54