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STEDT #187

*b-ləy-k

TEARS

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

The Tangut doublet (lwi¹mbɪ̯ə̣ ‘tears’) is unexplained.

The m- which occurs in initial position in some forms (e.g. Mpi m⁴pi⁶) is evidently a reduction of #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik EYE.

Cf. also #298 PTB *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT.

Chinese comparandum

OC *li̯wəd, GSR #532c ‘tears’; Mand. lèi.
OC *tʼiər, GSR #591m ‘tears’; B & S 2011: *l̥ˁəjʔ-s {[l̥]ˁ[ə]jʔ-s}; Mand. .

Reflexes & cognates88 reflexes · 23 subgroups

1NE Indian Areal Group1

Mijicaʔmorpheme ‘tears’Simon 79 Miji

1.1“North Assam”1

Sulung [Puroik]kək³³morphemevəʴi³³ ‘tears’Sun H 93 SulQ

1.1.2Deng3

Iduiprefixbi-bramorpheme ‘tears’Anonymous 62 Idu
Iduiprefixbibramorpheme ‘tears’Pulu 78
Iduʔi⁵⁵prefixbɹi⁵⁵bɹa⁵⁵morpheme ‘tears’Sun H 91 IduQ: 3.4.6

2.2Newar2

Newarkhwamorphemebi s‘tears’Matisoff 87 BP
Newarkhwɔmorphemebi n.‘tears’Shakya 89: 3.4.6

2.3Kiranti1

*BSDTKpli (?*plek-) ‘tears’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 178

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Kham'pihl s‘tears’Matisoff 87 BP

5Tujia2

6.1.1Burmish8

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish8

Nusu (Northern)bɹɯ³¹ ɣɑ³⁵morpheme ‘tears’Sun J 86 Nusu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish16

9Sinitic1

Chinese (Hanzi)morpheme ‘tears’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0019

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old/Mid)li̯wəd/ljwi- ‘tears’Karlgren 57 GSR: 532c

9.0.3Modern Chinese2

Chinese (Mandarin)yǎnmorphemelèi ‘tears’Evans 91

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #187, *b-ləy-k ‘TEARS’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/187
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-187,
  title  = {{*b-ləy-k 'TEARS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #187},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/187}
}