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*s-maŋ

BODY / CORPSE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlemaŋprefixsinitialmrhymeaŋcoverM · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*si-maŋ ‘DEAD BODY’JS-HCST: 114

Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’PCN #198

Connections

HPTB*s-maŋ ‘corpse’p. 265

Reflexes & cognates151 reflexes · 25 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-maŋ ‘corpse’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 601

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanisi#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’-maŋ ‘dead body’Sun J 93 HCST: 99

1.1.1.1Western Tani11

Apatanisɯ#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’-ma ‘dead body’Sun J 93 HCST

Apatanisɯ#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’-ma ‘corpse’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanisɯ#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’-ma ‘corpse’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengniši#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’-maː ‘dead body’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengnisi#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’-maː ‘corpse’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnisi#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’-maː ri#6568 PTani *rj(i/u) ‘BURY’ ‘bury (corpse)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarso#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’-moŋ ‘corpse’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokaršo#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’-moŋ~ ši-moŋ ‘dead body’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokarɕo#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ moŋ n‘corpse’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0162.24

Bokar Lhobaɕo#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’◦moŋ ‘corpse’Sun H 80 MLD

Galohi#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’◦maa n.‘corpse’GLDC 09 Galo

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)24

*Central Nagaaprefix-maŋ Bruhn 14 PCN: III.198

*Ao(tprefix/aprefix-)maŋ Bruhn 14 PCN: II.214

Ao (Chungli)maŋ²ku²#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ n.‘human head trophy’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Ao (Chungli)ta²prefix-sə²#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’maŋ² n.‘corpse’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦mang ‘body’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦mang ‘whole’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)toprefix◦kolakmorpheme◦ret#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’, mang◦ko#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ ‘skull’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)tə²prefix-maŋ² n.‘body’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.214

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)mang◦chamorpheme ‘naked’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)teprefix◦mang ‘body’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)teprefix◦mang ‘whole’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[a]prefix-maŋ n.‘corpse’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[a]prefix-maŋ n.‘corpse (cf. 'body')’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-maŋ n.‘body’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-sə#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’-maŋ n.‘corpse ('die' + 'body')’Although the second syllable of this Mongsen Ao form, tə-sə-maŋ, appears to reflect the PTB *s- prefix, in reality the form is a compound of the roots sə ‘die’ and maŋ ‘body’, with the nominal prefix tə-.Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)maŋ-mətuŋmorpheme n.‘village name (Mangmetong) ('body' + 'be erect')’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)maŋ◦ku#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ n.‘human head trophy’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)təprefix◦máŋ ‘all’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagao¹prefix-məŋ¹ n.‘corpse’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.198

Lotha Nagamə̄ŋ◦hàmorpheme ‘body (dead)’Acharya 75

Lotha Naga¹oprefix¹mɯŋ ‘corpse’Weidert 87 TBTo: 5

Sangtamaprefix◦sü#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’◦chomorpheme◦me ‘corpse’Kumar 73 Sang

Yacham-Tengsaterimorpheme◦mang ‘body’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüpang ‘body’Kumar 73 Yim: 89

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group16

Angami Nagaú#18 PTB *ʔu ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *ɯ ‘BODY’-m̀o ‘body’Matisoff PC

Angami Naga²theprefix³mo ‘corpse’Weidert 87 TBTo: 5

Angami (Khonoma)mo ‘body’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)(u)#18 PTB *ʔu ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *ɯ ‘BODY’ mo³¹ ‘body’Nienu 90 AngQ: 1.1

Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix mo³¹ mia⁵⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘body hair’Nienu 90 AngQ: 8.1.3

Angami (Kohima)ke³¹morpheme sia³³morpheme mo³¹ ‘corpse / dead body’Nienu 90 AngQ: 1.14

Angami (Kohima)u#18 PTB *ʔu ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *ɯ ‘BODY’◦mo ‘body’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokri(u)#18 PTB *ʔu ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *ɯ ‘BODY’ mo³¹ ‘body’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 1.1

Chokri(u)prefix mo³¹ ma³⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘body hair’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 8.1.3

Chokrikü³¹morpheme sa³³morpheme mo³¹ ‘corpse / dead body’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 1.14

Chokriu#18 PTB *ʔu ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *ɯ ‘BODY’◦mo ‘body’Marrison 67 Naga

Khezhako̵morpheme◦mó ‘body’Yabu 94 Khö: 1.1

Rengma (Northern)¹amorpheme¹gamorpheme³mã ‘corpse’Weidert 87 TBTo: 5

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦kimorpheme◦thi#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’◦kumorpheme◦mo ‘corpse / dead body’Achumi 98: 1.14

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦kimorpheme◦thi#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’◦kumorpheme◦mo ‘carcass / dead animal’Achumi 98: 1.15

Sema [Sumi]amorpheme◦kumorpheme◦mo ‘corpse / dead body’Achumi 98: 1.14

1.7.1.2Garo5

Garo (Bangladesh)be'#22 PTB *s-pi ⪤ *pay ‘BODY’-enmorpheme-bi#22 PTB *s-pi ⪤ *pay ‘BODY’-mang ‘whole body’Burling 92 GaBa

Garo (Bangladesh)bi#22 PTB *s-pi ⪤ *pay ‘BODY’-mang ‘body of person or thing, shape, form; middle portion of an object, such as a glass’Burling 92 GaBa

Garo (Bangladesh)bi#22 PTB *s-pi ⪤ *pay ‘BODY’-mang n‘body; middle portion’Burling 03 Garo: 6.21-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)mang ‘body’Burling 92 GaBa

Garo (Bangladesh)mang-gimorpheme-simorpheme n‘corpse; dead body’Burling 03 Garo: 6.79-II:idx

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagamaŋ ‘corpse’French 83: 472

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte6

Noctemaŋ ‘dead man’French 83: 472

Noctemʌŋ ‘corpse’French 83: 472

Nocte¹mʌŋ ‘corpse’Weidert 87 TBTo: 5

Tangsa¹ʌprefix◦³mʌŋ ‘corpse’Weidert 87 TBTo: 5

Tangsa (Moshang)mi#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’◦mang ‘body’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangsa (Yogli)mʌŋ ‘corpse’French 83: 472

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang4

Changmang ‘body’Marrison 67 Naga

Changmaŋ ‘body, corpse, carcass’French 83: 472

Khiamngan²¹mɪa ‘corpse’Weidert 87 TBTo: 5

Phommaŋ⁵⁵ ‘corpse’Burling 98 Phom

1.7.3.1Jingpho5

Jingphochyăsimorpheme chyămorpheme◦mang ‘corpse’Hanson 06 KcDc: p. 99

Jingphomaŋ³³ ‘carcass / corpse’Dai 83 Jing: 479

Jingphomói#26 PTB *moy ‘CORPSE’ mang ‘carcass / corpse’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphouprefix-mang ‘carcass / corpse’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphoəprefix◦mang ‘carcass / corpse’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchamŭ ‘body’Matisoff PC

2.2Newar5

Newarmha ‘body’Matisoff 87 BP

Newarmhɔ ‘body’Shakya 89: 1.1

Newarmhɔ ‘torso / trunk’Shakya 89: 1.6

Newarsi:#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ mhɔ ‘corpse / dead body’Shakya 89: 1.14

Newarsi:#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ mhɔ ‘carcass / dead animal’Shakya 89: 1.15

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang4

Chepanghmaŋ ‘corpse’Weidert 87 TBTo: 5

Chepanghmaŋ ‘corpse’Caughley 72 CVoc: 10.A.46

Chepang (Eastern)hmaŋʔ ‘corpse / dead body’Caughley 90 CheQ: 1.14

Chepang (Eastern)hmaŋʔ ‘carcass / dead animal’Caughley 90 CheQ: 1.15

3.1Tangut2

Tangut [Xixia]mɪ̯e ‘corpse / dead body’Dai 89 Xixi: 1.14

Tangut [Xixia]mɪ̯e ‘carcass / dead animal’Dai 89 Xixi: 1.15

3.2Qiangic6

Ersugɑ⁵⁵#2 PTB *s-kəw ‘BODY / CHEST / THORAX / CORPSE’ ma⁵⁵ ‘body’Sun H 91 ErsQ

Pumi (Qinghua)gə¹³#2 PTB *s-kəw ‘BODY / CHEST / THORAX / CORPSE’ m̥u¹³ ‘body’Pumi m̥ reflects the *s- prefix.Lu 83 Pumi

Qiang (Mawo)rmu ‘corpse / dead body’Sun H 91 MawQ: 1.14

Qiang (Mawo)rmu ‘carcass / dead animal’Sun H 91 MawQ: 1.15

Qiang (Mawo)rmus ‘ashes of a dead body’Sun H 81 Qia

Qiang (Yadu)ʐmu ‘corpse’Dai 83 Jing

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmesemaŋ¹ ‘corpse / body’Matisoff 93 PC

6.1.1Burmish9

Achang (Longchuan)ʂi⁵⁵morpheme mʐuaŋ⁵⁵ ‘body’Matisoff PC

Achang (Longchuan)ʂɿ⁵⁵#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ mʐaŋ⁵⁵ ‘corpse’The medial -ʐ- (usually < *-r-) is unexplained.Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Xiandao)tʂu⁵⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ mɔŋ⁵⁵ ‘corpse’Dai 89 Xian: 192

Bolamɔ̃⁵⁵ ‘corpse’Dai 89 Bola: 192

Lashimaŋ³¹ ‘corpse / dead body’Dai 89 Lash: 1.14

Lashimaŋ³¹ ‘carcass / dead animal’Dai 89 Lash: 1.15

Maru [Langsu]mɔ̃³¹ ‘corpse / dead body’Dai 89 Lang: 1.14

Maru [Langsu]mɔ̃³¹ ‘carcass / dead animal’Dai 89 Lang: 1.15

Atsi [Zaiwa]maŋ⁵¹ ‘body’Matisoff PC

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish9

Laloxɯ⁵⁵morpheme m̩⁵⁵ ‘corpse / dead body’Chen 86 Yi: 1.14

Nasuɕi³³#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ mɔ³³ ‘corpse / dead body’Chen 86 Yi: 1.14

Nesugɤ²¹#2 PTB *s-kəw ‘BODY / CHEST / THORAX / CORPSE’ mu²¹ ‘body’Chen 86 Yi: 1.1

Nesutʂha²¹#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ ma⁵⁵ ‘corpse / dead body’Chen 86 Yi: 1.14

Yi (Mile)gɯ²¹#2 PTB *s-kəw ‘BODY / CHEST / THORAX / CORPSE’mo³³ ‘body’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 231.25

Yi (Mojiang)gɯ²¹#2 PTB *s-kəw ‘BODY / CHEST / THORAX / CORPSE’mo²¹ ‘body’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 231.26

Yi (Xide)mo³³ ‘corpse’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)mo³⁴-gɔ³³morpheme ‘corpse’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)tsʰo³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’-mo³³ ‘corpse’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish14

Ahigɯ²¹#2 PTB *s-kəw ‘BODY / CHEST / THORAX / CORPSE’ mo³³ ‘body’Luo 90: 1.1

Ahii³³prefix ʂi³³#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ mu³³ ‘carcass / dead animal’Luo 90: 1.15

Ahiʂi²²#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ mu³³ ‘corpse / dead body’Luo 90: 1.14

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)a³³prefix mʌ⁴⁴ ‘body’Dai 89 JinA: 97

Jinuo (Baka)a³³prefix mʌ⁴⁴ ‘body’Dai 89 JinB: 97

Jinuoa³³prefixʃɔ³³#4 PTB *g-zuk ‘BODY’a³³prefixma⁴⁴ ‘body’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 231.34

Jinuo (Youle)mə⁴² to⁴⁴morpheme ‘body’Gai 86

Jinuo (Youle)tsʰə⁴²#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ zɔ⁴⁴morpheme ʃi⁴⁴#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ mə⁴⁴ ‘corpse’Gai 86

Jinuo (Youle)ɑ³³prefix mə⁴⁴ ‘body’Gai 86

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)ʃi³¹#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ mʌ⁴⁴ ‘dead’Dai 89 JinA: 1547

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)ʃi⁴⁴#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ mʌ⁴⁴ ‘corpse’Dai 89 JinA: 202.1

Lisu (Nujiang)tsʰo̱⁴⁴#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ mo³³ ‘corpse’Xu 86 Lisu

Sani [Nyi]ʂi³³#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’mu³³(mɒ³³suffix) ‘corpse’Wu 84

Sani [Nyi]ʂʅ³³#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ m̩³³ mɑ³³suffix ‘corpse’Wu 84: 208.2

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish10

Akhag'awˇmorpheme◦mawˇ ‘body’Matisoff 87 BP

Akha (Yunnan)mɔ́ du#14 PTB *du ‘BODY’ ‘body’Hansson 89 AHKP: 271

Akha (Thai)mɔ́-do#14 PTB *du ‘BODY’ ‘body’Hansson 89 AHKP: 271

Hani (Dazhai)ɣo⁵⁵morpheme mo⁵⁵ ‘body’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Caiyuan)ɔ³¹prefix mu⁵⁵ ‘body’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Pijo)ɣùmorpheme mú ‘body’Hansson 89 AHKP: 271

Hani (Gelanghe)mɔ⁵⁵ do³³#14 PTB *du ‘BODY’ ‘body’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Wordlist)hholmorpheme◦mol ‘body’Hansson 89 AHKP: 271

Hani (Khatu)thə̀morpheme mú ‘body’Hansson 89 AHKP: 271

Sangkongaŋ³³#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’ mbaŋ⁵⁵ ‘body’Li Yongsui 91 Sang

6.2Naxi12

Na (Yongning)gv˧#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’dv˧#5639 PTB *du ‘TAIL / BUTTOCKS / BACK’-gv˧#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’mi˧ ‘body’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Na (Yongning)gv˧#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’mi˧ ‘body’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Na (Yongning)gv˧#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’mi˧ ʈʂʰæ˧morpheme v.‘wash oneself’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Naxigu³³#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’mu³³ n‘body’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0073.45

Naxi (Western)gu³³#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’mu³³tʂʰər³³morpheme ‘bathe’He 85

Naxi (Eastern)gv³³#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’mi³³ ‘body’He 85

Naxi (Yongning)gv³³#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’mi³³ ‘body’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 231.29

Naxi (Yongning)gv³³#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’mi³³tʂhəɹ³³morpheme ‘bathe’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 650.29

Naxi (Eastern)gv³³#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’mi³³tʂʰa³³morpheme ‘bathe’He 85

Naxi (Western)gv³³#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’mu³³ ‘body’He 85

Naxi (Lijiang)gv³³#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’mu³³ ‘body’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 231.28

Naxi (Lijiang)gv³³#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’mu³³tʂhəɹ³³morpheme ‘bathe’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 650.28

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*Karen (Sgaw)mò◦pɣàmorpheme ‘body’Jones 61: 840

Palaychinɔ̀◦shà#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ ‘body’Jones 61: 840

Pwo (Bassein)móʔ◦xwáʔ#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ ‘body’Jones 61: 840

Pwo (Moulmein)mò◦šá#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ ‘body’Jones 61: 840

Sgaw (Bassein)mò◦pɣàmorpheme ‘body’Jones 61: 840

Sgaw (Moulmein)mò◦pɣàmorpheme ‘body’Jones 61: 840

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Bai (Jianchuan)ɕi³³#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ ŋɯ̱̃²¹#25 PTB *ŋun ‘CORPSE’PTk *ŋun ‘CORPSE’ ɕi³³#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ mæ³³ ‘carcass / dead animal’Jianchuan ɕi³³ ŋɯ̱̃²¹ ɕi³³ mæ³³ lit. “dead ox, dead horse”. Probably refers to all draft animals (e.g. water buffalo).Zhao 90: 1.15

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #17, *s-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/17

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

References: cf. HPTB p.265

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-17,
  title  = {{*s-maŋ 'BODY / CORPSE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #17},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/17}
}