Reconstruction analysis
handlegwyaprefixNinitialgwyrhymeacoverK · V
Connections
HPTB (PLB)*m-gʷya² ‘chew’pp. 26, 85
Notes
This etymon bears a close resemblance to #632 PTB *s/p-wa TOOTH, as does #688 PTB *g-wa-t BITE / CHEW.
Reflexes & cognates76 reflexes · 8 subgroups
3.1Tangut2
3.2Qiangic8
6.1Lolo-Burmese1
6.1.2Loloish2
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish25
6.1.2.2Central Loloish21
Lahu (Black)bɛ⁵³ ‘chew’The Lahu labial initial in bɛ⁵³ is the regular reflex of an earlier labiovelar initial, with several parallel examples (e.g. DOG, NEST, COMB), see Matisoff 1986, ‘Labiovelar unit phonemes in Lolo-Burmese?’.Chang 86
Lisu (Northern)pha³³morphemegwa²¹ pha³³morphemedeʔ²¹morpheme V‘detailed; chew carefully’Bradley 94 Lisu
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish17
6.2Naxi3
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #1762,
*m-gwya ‘CHEW’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1762Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1762,
title = {{*m-gwya 'CHEW'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1762},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1762}
}