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STEDT #1854

*l/m-ba

GOITER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlel/m-prefixl/minitialbrhymeacoverP · V

Notes

This root is distinct from #1852 PTB *bwar SWELLING / GOITER. Written Tibetan preserves both etyma: lba-ba from the present root and ḥbur from #1852 PTB *bwar SWELLING / GOITER.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 4 subgroups

2.1.2.1Tibetan6

Spitiba ‘goiter’Bodh 91: 4.1.1
Tibetan (Written)lba-basuffix ‘goitre’Weidert 87 TBTo: 504
Tibetan (Written)lba-basuffix ‘goiter’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)lba-basuffix ‘wen; goiter’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)lba.basuffix ‘goiter’Sun J 85 TbGl: 313

3.2Qiangic1

6.2Naxi1

Mosoba ~ mba ‘goitre’Benedict 72 STC: 96n276

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1854, *l/m-ba ‘GOITER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1854
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1854,
  title  = {{*l/m-ba 'GOITER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1854},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1854}
}