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STEDT #1762

*m-gwya

CHEW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

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

Guiqiongko³³ ko⁵⁵ ‘chew’Sun H 91 GuiQ
Guiqiongko³³ko⁵⁵ ‘chew’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 536.17
Muyakhə⁵⁵βɐ⁵³morpheme v.‘bite’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1753.15
Muya [Minyak]khɯ⁵⁵vɐ⁵³morpheme ‘bite’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 535.15
Muya [Minyak]kʰɯ⁵⁵vɐ⁵³ v.‘bite’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 3.10.7
Namuyiŋə³³ŋə⁵⁵ ‘chew’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 536.19
Namuyiŋi³¹ŋi⁵⁵ v.‘chew’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1424.46

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

6.1.2Loloish2

Lolophogɯ̱³¹ v.‘chew’Dai 89 Lolo: 3.10.8

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish25

Laloga²¹ ‘chew’Chen 86 CS: 7.
Laloɣɑ²¹ v.‘chew’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.8
Liphogo²¹ ‘chew’Chen 86 CS: 7.
Liphogo²¹ ‘chew’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.8
Nasungho³³ ‘chew’Chen 86 CS: 7.
Nasuŋgʰo³³ v.‘chew’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.8
Neisungu³³ ‘chew’Chen 86 CS: 7.
Nesugo³³ ‘chew’Chen 86 CS: 7.
Nesugo³³ v.‘chew’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.8
Noesuŋgu³³ ‘chew’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.8
Nosungɯ³³ ‘chew’Chen 86 CS: 7.
Nosuŋgɯ³³ ‘chew’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.8
Yi (Dafang)ŋgu³³ ‘chew’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Nanjian)ɣɑ²¹ ‘chew’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Xide)ŋgɯ³³ ‘chew’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)ŋgɯ³³ ‘chew’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Xide)ŋgɯ³³ ‘chew’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 536.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish21

Ahigo²¹ ‘chew’Chen 86 CS: 7.
Ahigo²¹ ‘chew’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.8
Ahigo²¹ v.‘chew’Luo 90: 3.10.8
Lahu (Black)bɛ²¹mə³³morpheme ‘chew’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 536.33
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
Lahu (Yellow)bɛ⁵⁵ ‘chew’Chang 86
Lisu (Nujiang)guɑ³¹ ‘chew’Xu 86 Lisu
Lisuguɑ³¹ ‘chew’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 536.27
Lisu (Northern)gwa²¹døʔ²¹morpheme ‘chew carefully’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisugwa⁵ ‘chew’Bradley 79 PLo: 635B
Lisu (Central)gwa⁵ v.‘chew / masticate’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)pha³³morphemegwa²¹ pha³³morphemedeʔ²¹morpheme V‘detailed; chew carefully’Bradley 94 Lisu
Sani [Nyi]ga²¹ ‘chew’Chen 86 CS: 7.
Sani [Nyi]gɑ²¹ ‘kiss’Chen 86 Yi: 3.9.5
Sani [Nyi]gɑ¹¹ v‘kiss, chew, gnash (teeth)’Ma 89 SanQ: 326.3
Sani [Nyi]gɒ²¹ ‘chew’Wu 84

6.2Naxi3

Naxi (Western)ŋgɯ³³ ‘chew’He 85

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1762, *m-gwya ‘CHEW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1762
Data: 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}
}