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STEDT #165

*b/s-wa

WHITE / YELLOW / BRIGHT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*ʔ(b)wa ‘WHITE’STC: 172n460

Karenic*Ɂbwaᴬ ‘WHITE’TL#330

Connections

Allofams

Notes

This root is part of a complex word family with perhaps as many as ten allofams, with meanings ranging from ‘white, yellow’ to ‘bright, shine’ to ‘fire, kindle, roast’. See HPTB:428-430.

Reflexes & cognates43 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanb-wa ‘white / yellow’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 618

1.1.1.1Western Tani2

Apatanihú-tòmorpheme n‘light’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanihu-tomorpheme n‘light’Sun J 93 Tani

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Ntenyiwü◦ghümorpheme v‘shine’Marrison 67 Naga

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Kulungha◦memorpheme ‘light’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Bahinghwa ‘light, shine’Benedict 72 STC: 221

6.1.1Burmish10

Achang (Luxi)wui³¹ ‘yellow’Dai 85 AcJZ

Burmese (Rangoon)wa²² ‘yellow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1008.27

Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)wɑ²² ‘yellow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 838.40

Burmese (Written)wā ‘yellow’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)wa ‘yellow, bright colour of health’Matisoff 83 TIL: 64

Burmese (Written)wa ‘yellow’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)wɑ² ‘yellow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 838.39

Burmese (Written)wɑɑ² ‘yellow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1008.26

Burmese (Written)əprefix-wa ‘color, brightness’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)əprefix◦wa ‘colour, brightness’Matisoff 83 TIL: 64

7Karenic33

*KarenɁbwaᴬ ‘white’Luangthongkum 13: 330

*Karen [Burling]Ɂwa³ ‘white’Luangthongkum 13: 330

*Karenʔ(b)wa ‘white’Benedict 72 STC: 172n460

*Karenʔ(b)wà' ‘white’Jones 61: 136

*Karenʔ(b)wɑ ‘white’Chou 72: 195r

Bwekomorpheme ɓᴜ́ be v.‘white-haired, grey-haired’Henderson 97 Kar

Bweɓʊ⁵⁵ ‘white’Luangthongkum 13: 330

Bweəprefix-komorpheme ɓʋ́ be v.‘white-haired’Henderson 97 Kar

Karena³¹prefixbɔ̱⁵⁵ ‘yellow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1008.50

Karena³¹prefixwa̱⁵⁵ ‘white’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1006.50

Kayahbu³³ ‘white’Luangthongkum 13: 330

Kayan (Pekon)bahumorpheme◦bó N‘garlic [lit. ?-white]’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayanbau⁵³ ‘white’Luangthongkum 13: 330

Kayan (Pekon)blàmorpheme◦bó N‘bat sp. [lit. bat-white]’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayan (Pekon)blámorpheme◦bó◦blámorpheme◦lè̤morpheme V‘avoid things in a devious manner [lit. white-bat-red-bat]’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayan (Pekon)bó ADJ‘white’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayan (Pekon)bó◦dámorpheme ADJ‘bald [lit. white-flat]’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayan (Pekon)húmorpheme◦bó N‘white rice [lit. rice-white]’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayan (Pekon)kalāmorpheme◦bó N‘white people’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayan (Pekon)tamorpheme◦bó◦tamorpheme◦bánmorpheme Nelab‘reason [lit. NLZR-white-NLZR-yellow]’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayan (Pekon)tʰó̤#1604 PTB *daw ‘BIRD’PTk *ta ‘BIRD’PKar *thoᴮ ‘BIRD’◦bó N‘egret [lit. bird-white]’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayan (Pekon)zó̤#2462 PTB *m(y/r)uk ‘MONKEY’PLB *myukᴸ ‘MONKEY’PKar *joɁᴰ ‘MONKEY’◦bó N‘gibbon [lit. monkey-white]’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayan (Pekon)ŋònmorpheme◦bó N‘first cousin and their children [lit. friend-white]’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayan (Pekon)ʍâ#2549 PTB *r/g/s-pʷa ‘BAMBOO’PKC *rua ‘BAMBOO’PCN *pwa/pu ‘BAMBOO’PCN *r-hwaʔ ‘BAMBOO’PTk *hwa ‘BAMBOO’PQ *s-pu ⪤ *m-pu ‘BAMBOO’PLB *wa² ‘BAMBOO’PKar *hwa ‘BAMBOO’PKar *hwaᴮ ‘BAMBOO’◦bó N‘kind of bamboo (used to make arrows) [lit. bamboo-white]’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayawbu⁵⁵ ‘white’Luangthongkum 13: 330

Pa-Obwà ‘white’Solnit 89 PaO

Pa-O (Northern)bwa³¹¨ ‘white’Luangthongkum 13: 330

Pa-O (Southern)bwa³¹¨ ‘white’Luangthongkum 13: 330

Pa-Omɛ̀ʔ#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ khū#1110 PTB *ka ‘BALL / EGG / TESTICLE / EYEBALL’ bwà ‘white of eye’Solnit 89 PaO

Pa-Oʔwà ‘white? in 'termite'’Solnit 89 PaO

Pwo (Southern)kwa³¹¨ ‘white’Luangthongkum 13: 330

Sgaw (Northern)kwa³³ ‘white’Luangthongkum 13: 330

Sgaw (Southern)wa⁵⁵ ‘white’Luangthongkum 13: 330

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #165, *b/s-wa ‘WHITE / YELLOW / BRIGHT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/165

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

References: HPTB

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-165,
  title  = {{*b/s-wa 'WHITE / YELLOW / BRIGHT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #165},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/165}
}