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STEDT #1622

*pwi(y)-n

FEMALE / MOTHER / BIG / MOLAR

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*pwi(y)-n ‘female (human or animal)’pp. 197, 201, 448

Chinese comparandum

牝 OC *bʼi̯ən~bʼi̯ər, GSR #566-j ‘female of animals’; Schuessler 2007: *bi(n)ʔ; B & S 2011: *birʔ {[b]irʔ}(dial. -r › -j); Mand. pìn.

Reflexes & cognates39 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmanpwi(y) ‘female’Chou 72: 566i-j

*Tibeto-Burmanpwi(y) ‘female’Benedict 72 STC: 171

*Tibeto-Burmanpwi(y)-n ‘female (human or animal)’Mortensen 12 Tk

*Tibeto-Burmanpwi(y)-n ‘female (human or animal)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 608

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lushai [Mizo]ha#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’-pui ‘molar’Matisoff 87 BP

Lushai [Mizo]pui ‘female’Benedict 72 STC: 171

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara](aprefix-)ha#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’-kamorpheme-pi ‘molar’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)15

Lotha Naga-puʔ³ suf.‘leader, head, main / female with children (mothermorph)’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-ran³morpheme-pu◦iʔ²suffix n.‘main author’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagahan¹#1600 PTB *haːr ‘BIRD / FOWL / CHICKEN’PKC *ʔaar ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PCN *haːn-a ‘CHICKEN’PTk *ar ‘FOWL’-puʔ³ n.‘mother hen’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.165

Lotha Nagajoŋ³#320 PTB *s-nyuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuw ‘FINGER’PKC *yuŋ ‘FINGER / TOE / ROOT’PCN *m-juŋ ‘DIGIT (FINGER / TOE)’PTk *juŋ ‘ROOT’-puʔ³ n.‘thumb’[Source note] digit-mainBruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagaki¹morpheme-pu³-iʔ³suffix n.‘owner of house’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagamaŋ³morphemesə³morpheme-puʔ³ n.‘mother cow’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagaom³morpheme-puʔ³ pro.‘she (3sg)’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagao¹prefix-puʔ³ n.‘mother’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagao¹prefix-pu◦iʔ²suffix n.‘master, head, Lord, God’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagasom¹morphemepu³roʔ³morpheme n.‘woman (old)’[Source note] be.old([son])-FNOM-suf. ?Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagaoramorpheme◦pvu ‘husband’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦pvü ‘mother’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦pvu◦rammorpheme ‘aunt’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagasōmmorpheme◦pú◦ròmorpheme ‘woman (old)’Acharya 75

Lotha Nagaying#320 PTB *s-nyuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuw ‘FINGER’PKC *yuŋ ‘FINGER / TOE / ROOT’PCN *m-juŋ ‘DIGIT (FINGER / TOE)’PTk *juŋ ‘ROOT’◦pvu ‘thumb’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group3

Ntenyinu'umorpheme◦pfü ‘wife’Marrison 67 Naga

Ntenyiuprefix◦pfü ‘wife’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]animorpheme◦pvu ‘wife’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group8

Liangmeiakhenmorpheme◦pui ‘wife’Marrison 67 Naga

Liangmeipui◦maimorpheme n‘woman’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeimeimorpheme◦pui n‘woman’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiəlaumorpheme namorpheme pùi ‘girl’Matisoff 94 Rong

Zemeheprefix◦pui ‘wife’Marrison 67 Naga

Zemempui◦mi#1618 PTB *mi ‘FEMALE / GIRL / FEMININE SUFFIX’PTani *mji-məː ‘WOMAN’PTani *mi-fVŋ? ‘WIFE’PLB *m(y)i-n² ‘WIFE’PL *C-mi² ‘WOMAN’PKar *hmɨᴮ ‘FEMALE, WOMAN’ n‘woman’Marrison 67 Naga

Mziememi#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’◦pui n‘woman’Marrison 67 Naga

Mziemerüleibemorpheme◦pui ‘young woman’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]só#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’-mùnmorpheme-pī ‘molar’Grüssner 79 BP: 210

1.6Mru1

Mruso#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’◦munmorpheme◦pi ‘back tooth’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphośəmorpheme◦wi ⪤ śəmorpheme◦yi ‘female’Benedict 72 STC: 171

Jingphowi⪤yi ‘female’Benedict 72 STC: 171

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)bʼi̯ən/bʼi̯ĕn: ‘female of animals’Karlgren 57 GSR: 566i-j

Chinese (Old/Mid)bʼi̯ər/bʼji: ‘female of animals’Karlgren 57 GSR: 566i-j

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Chinese (Mandarin)pʼin ‘female of animals’Karlgren 57 GSR: 566i-j

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1622, *pwi(y)-n ‘FEMALE / MOTHER / BIG / MOLAR’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1622

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

References: cf. STC#171, HPTB pp.197, 201, 448

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1622,
  title  = {{*pwi(y)-n 'FEMALE / MOTHER / BIG / MOLAR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1622},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1622}
}