*bi

STRING / STRAP / BELT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-phi ‘BELT, STRAP, ROPE (WEAVER'S)’PCN #060

Notes

This etymon basically means ‘string, strap, belt’, but also occurs in compounds for UMBILICAL CORD. It has been discovered in Himalayish, Lolo-Burmese, and languages of Northeast India.

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]rí#533 PTB *rey ⪤ *s-rwi(y) ‘OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL / CORD / STRING / CREEPER / CANE / RATTAN’PKC *ruy ⪤ *hruy ‘ROPE / CORD / STRING / RATTAN’PCN *a-(h)rəj ‘CANE, RATTAN’PTk *hroj ‘ROPE / STRING / THREAD NEEDLE’PKar *reᴮ ‘RATTAN’-bí, ri#533 PTB *rey ⪤ *s-rwi(y) ‘OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL / CORD / STRING / CREEPER / CANE / RATTAN’PKC *ruy ⪤ *hruy ‘ROPE / CORD / STRING / RATTAN’PCN *a-(h)rəj ‘CANE, RATTAN’PTk *hroj ‘ROPE / STRING / THREAD NEEDLE’PKar *reᴮ ‘RATTAN’-bui ‘creeper of any sort; cane, wire, rope, string’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 053

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)7

*Central Nagaaprefix-phi ‘BELT, STRAP, ROPE (WEAVER'S)’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.060

*Aoaprefix-phi ‘BELT, STRAP (FOR WEAVING)’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.018

Ao (Chungli)a³prefix-pi¹ n.‘belt, strap (for weaving)’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.018

Ao (Mongsen: Khensa)aprefix-phì n.‘belt, strap’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.018

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)aprefix◦phi ‘belt (for weaving)’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-phiʔ³ n.‘belt, strap, rope for weaving’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.060

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦phi ‘belt (for weaving)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Sema [Sumi]aghamorpheme◦phi ‘belt (for weaving)’Marrison 67 Naga

2.2Newar2

Newarpi ‘umbilical cord’Matisoff 87 BP

Newarpi ‘umbilical cord’Shakya 89: 10.4.12

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang4

Chepang (Eastern)payʔ◦ramorpheme ‘umbilical cord’Caughley 90 CheQ: 10.4.12

Khambi◦khamorpheme ‘umbilical cord’Matisoff 87 BP

Khambi◦khəmorpheme ‘umbilical cord’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.A.39

Khambi◦kʰəmorpheme ‘umbilical cord’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.A.39

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Jinuotʃo⁵⁵morphemetshɯ⁴⁴morphemea⁴⁴morphemephi³⁵ n‘belt / girdle’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0476.44

Jinuo (Youle)ɑ⁴⁴prefixphi³³ ‘belt / ribbon’Gai 86

Lahu (Black)g̈òʔ#5398 PTB *k-ra(p/m) ‘NEEDLE’-pi ‘needle and thread’Matisoff 88 DL: p.817

Lahu (Black)gúmorpheme-pi Bn‘string coiled around an object’Matisoff 88 DL: p. 817

Lahu (Black)ɔ̀#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’-pi-câʔ#525 PTB *kyak ‘NAVEL / UMBILICAL CORD / ROPE’PLB *ʔ-kyakᴴ ‘ROPE / CORD / NAVEL’ n.‘strap; sash; belt’Matisoff 88 DL: p. 817

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Hani (Pijo)lɔ̀morpheme phfi ‘belt’Hansson 89 AHKP: 410

Hani (Pijo)lɔ̀morpheme phi ‘belt’Hansson 89 AHKP: 410

Hani (Pijo)lɔ̀morpheme psjhi ‘belt’Hansson 89 AHKP: 344

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1629, *bi ‘STRING / STRAP / BELT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1629

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

References: UMBILICAL CORD

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1629,
  title  = {{*bi 'STRING / STRAP / BELT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1629},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1629}
}