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STEDT #1855

*bwat

PREGNANT / SWOLLEN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlebwatinitialbwrhymeatcoverP · T

Notes

This root is very likely related to #163 PTB *s-bʷa(m/p) SWELL / SWOLLEN / FAT / THICK / ROUNDED PART, although further confirmation would be welcome.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 4 subgroups

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Gazhuosi⁵³morpheme ma³³morpheme ko²¹morpheme po³⁵ be v.‘pregnant’Dai 89 Gazh: 10.4.14

8Bai1

Bai (Jianchuan)to̱⁴²morpheme fv̱ˌ⁴⁴ be v.‘pregnant’Zhao 90: 10.4.14

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1855, *bwat ‘PREGNANT / SWOLLEN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1855
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1855,
  title  = {{*bwat 'PREGNANT / SWOLLEN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1855},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1855}
}