*mum

CHIN / BEARD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlemominitialmrhymeomcoverM · N

Connections

Allofams

1 #363 *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’
1a #1429 *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’
1b #2058 *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’

Notes

This root seems definitely to stand in an allofamic relationship with #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal HAIR / FUR / FEATHER, with the final -m perhaps due to assimilation to the initial.

The phonological resemblance to #3451 PTB *m-ʔum ⪤ *mum HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / EAT / KISS seems accidental.

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.1.2Deng1

Darang [Taraon]themorpheme◦ra#1265 PTB *ra ‘MOUSTACHE / BEARD / CHIN’◦mum ‘moustache’Matisoff 87 BP

1.5Mikir [Karbi]5

Mikir [Karbi]ang#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’◦tur#442 PTB *m-ts(y)ul ‘NOSE AND MOUTH / LIP / LOWER PART OF FACE’ ang#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’◦mum ‘moustache’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦mum ‘beard’Marrison 67 Naga

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦mum ‘beard / moustache’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦mûm ‘beard’Grüssner 79 BP: 28

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦tùr#442 PTB *m-ts(y)ul ‘NOSE AND MOUTH / LIP / LOWER PART OF FACE’ ang#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’◦mûm ‘moustache’Grüssner 79 BP: 22

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang6

Phomču⁵⁵morphememom⁵⁵ ‘beard / mustache’Burling 98 Phom

Phommom ‘hair (of body)’Marrison 67 Naga

Phommom⁵⁵ ‘hair (body)’Burling 98 Phom

Phompʰak³³morphemeʃæ⁵⁵morphememom⁵⁵ ‘hair (underarm)’Burling 98 Phom

Wanchomun pumorpheme ‘beard’French 83: 500

Wanchomun◦pumorpheme ‘beard’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.4Tamangish2

Thakali (Tukche)mohm◦ci#2055 PTB *tri ‘JAW / CHIN’ ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

Thakali (Tukche)mohm◦ci#2055 PTB *tri ‘JAW / CHIN’ ‘chin’Hari 71a ThVo: 2.A.22

2.2Newar1

Newarmɔn◦camorpheme ‘chin’Shakya 89: 3.12

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang10

Chepangsemorpheme-men ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP

Chepangsemorpheme.menʔ n.‘hair (of body)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangsemorpheme◦men ‘body hair’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 79

Chepangsemorpheme◦men ‘hair (body)’Caughley 72 CVoc: 2.A.9

Chepang (Eastern)krakmorpheme◦mənʔ ‘male pubic hair’Caughley 90 CheQ: 10.3.6

Chepang (Eastern)menʔ ‘body hair’Caughley 90 CheQ: 8.1.3

Chepang (Eastern)menʔ ‘feather (of bird)’Caughley 90 CheQ: 8.1.5

Chepang (Eastern)neh#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’◦menʔ ‘nose hair’Caughley 90 CheQ: 3.5.4

Chepang (Eastern)tuʔ#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’◦menʔ ‘female pubic hair’Caughley 90 CheQ: 10.4.5

Khamumorpheme◦mə̃ːh ‘whiskers (animal)’Watters 89 KhQ: 3.A.49

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2058, *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2058

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2058,
  title  = {{*mum 'CHIN / BEARD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2058},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2058}
}