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STEDT #2071

*b-ras

RICE / FRUIT / BEAR FRUIT / ROUND OBJECT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*raʔ ‘FRUIT’PKC #941

Connections

HPTB*b-ras ‘bear fruit / rice’pp. 432, 437

HPTB*g-ras ‘class / category’p. 437

Notes

An Austronesian connection has long been suggested for this root (cf. Malay bəras < Proto-Indonesian *bəɣa/s ‘husked rice’) although this etymology has been rejected by Benedict (1975:104), who prefers to relate the WT form to Chinese 飯 ‘cooked rice or millet’ (OC *b'i̯wăn; GSR 262i), on the grounds that the basic meaning of the TB etymon is FRUIT / BEAR FRUIT (cf. WT ḥbras-bu ‘fruit, corn, grain’). See Gong 2001:23.

Chinese comparandum

糲 OC *lɑ̂d ~ *li̯ɑd ~ *lɑ̂t, GSR #340g ‘grain (dehusked but not polished)’; Schuessler 2007:352 *rats; B & S 2011: *rat-s {([m]ə-)rat-s}; Mand. lì.
粺 OC *b’ĕg, GSR #874t ‘fine grain’; Schuessler 2007:155 *brêh; B & S 2011: *C.bˁre-s {C.[b]ˁre-s}; Mand. bài.

Reflexes & cognates31 reflexes · 7 subgroups

Thadogàa ‘fruit of something’VanBik 09 PKC: 941

Tiddimga?³ v‘bear fruit’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 298

Tiddimga?³ ‘fruit’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 299

Tiddimgaʔ³ ‘fruit’VanBik 09 PKC: 941

Tiddimgaʔ³ ‘bear fruit ...’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

Tiddimˍgaʔ/ˍgaʔ v‘bear fruit’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.2Central Chin10

Lai (Hakha)raʔ ‘fruit’VanBik 09 PKC: 941

Lai (Falam)ràʔ ‘fruit’VanBik 09 PKC: 941

Lushai [Mizo]rah ‘bear (fruit)’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]ràh n‘fruit, a berry, a corn, a nut’VanBik 09 PKC: 941

Lushai [Mizo]rah v‘bear fruit’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2820

Lushai [Mizo]rah ‘fruit’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 299

Lushai [Mizo]ràʔ ‘fruit’Løffler 85 Paa

Lushai [Mizo]raʔ ‘fruit / bear fruit’Benedict 72 STC: STC p.17

Lushai [Mizo]thei#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’◦rah ‘fruit’Marrison 67 Naga

Paangkhuaraà ‘fruit’Løffler 85 Paa

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Dimasabere ‘bear (fruit)’Marrison 67 Naga

Dimasabere ‘bear fruit’Marrison 67 Naga: GEM

2.1.2.1Tibetan10

Tibetan (Written)'bras ‘rice (uncooked)’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)'bras-chanmorpheme ‘rice (cooked)’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)'bras◦bumorpheme ‘fruit’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)(ɦbras bumorpheme) smin#2449 PTB *s-min ‘RIPE / COOKED / DELICIOUS’PTani *min ‘RIPE’PKC *hmin ‘RIPE / WELL-COOKED’PCN *hmən ‘RIPEN, BE RIPE / BE COOKED’PTk *min ‘RIPE / WELL-COOKED’PNN *min ‘RIPE’PLB *s/ʔ-min¹ ‘RIPE / SWEET / DELICIOUS’PL *s-miŋ³ ‘RIPE’PKar *hminᴬ ‘RIPE, COOKED’ v.‘ripe, be (fruit)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1638.01

Tibetan (Written)mig#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-'bras ‘eyeball / apple of the eye’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mig#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-h̥bras ‘'apple of the eye, eyeball'; 'eyeball' ; 'eyesocket'’Matisoff 87 BP: 162

Tibetan (Written)ɦbras bumorpheme skjemorpheme ‘bear fruit’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 790.1

Tibetan (Written)ɦbras bumorpheme ɦdogsmorpheme v.‘bear (fruit)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1439.01

Tibetan (Written)ɦbras pumorpheme nveg‘fruit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0378.01

Tibetan (Written)ɦbras-bumorpheme ‘fruit’Matisoff 87 BP

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Chinese (Mandarin)lɑ̂d ~ li̯ɑd ~ lɑ̂t n.‘coarse grain’Karlgren 57 GSR: 340g

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2071, *b-ras ‘RICE / FRUIT / BEAR FRUIT / ROUND OBJECT ’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2071

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

References: cf. STC pp.17,123, HPTB pp.432, 437

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2071,
  title  = {{*b-ras 'RICE / FRUIT / BEAR FRUIT / ROUND OBJECT '}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2071},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2071}
}