*mu(r/l)

BLOW

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlemurinitialmrhymeur⪤mulcoverM · NL

Connections

HPTB*s-mut ‘blow’pp. 99, 364

Notes

This tentatively reconstructed root seems quite independent of the more widespread etymon #503 PTB *k/s-mut BLOW (with mouth). The Ersu forms are assigned to this root by analogy with the homophonous Ersu form maʴ⁵⁵ ‘hair’ < #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal HAIR / FUR / FEATHER.

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Milangaprefix-sar#1745 PTB *swar ‘BLOW / BLOW NOSE / BREATHE / LUNG’ mul ‘blow (with mouth)’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.1.2Deng4

Darang [Taraon]mong ‘blow (with mouth)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]mɯŋ⁵³ ‘blow away (a speck of dust)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1219.22

Darang [Taraon]mɯŋ⁵³ ‘blow with mouth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 544.49

Darang [Taraon]mɯŋ⁵⁵ ‘blow (air)’Sun H 80 MLD

3.2Qiangic5

Ersumaʴ⁵⁵ ‘blow’Sun H 91 ErsQ

Ersumaʴ⁵⁵ ‘whistle’Sun H 91 ErsQ

Ersumaʴ⁵⁵ ‘blow with mouth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 544.18

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]la³⁵morpheme ma⁵⁵ ‘blow (mouth)’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 9.2.3

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]lə³⁵morphemema⁵⁵ ‘blow with mouth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 544.16

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1732, *mu(r/l) ‘BLOW’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1732

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

References: Milang, Ersu, Nusu

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1732,
  title  = {{*mu(r/l) 'BLOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1732},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1732}
}