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STEDT #2073

*g-(d/r)a

EYEBALL

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

See also↭ b-ras #2071

Notes

The Bodic and Magar forms resemble the second syllable of WT mig-h̥bras ‘eyeball’ (lit. “eye-fruit”). For a semantically similar compound, cf. Sema anhe thi ‘eyeball’.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tangkhulmik#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’◦thā ‘eyeball’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2Bodic1

Baimaȵi¹³#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’ dɑ³⁵ ‘eyeball’Sun H 91 Baim: 3.4.2

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Jirel)'mi#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’-iqmorpheme gerā ‘eyeball’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Magarmik#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’ gedā ‘eyeball’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2073, *g-(d/r)a ‘EYEBALL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2073

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2073,
  title  = {{*g-(d/r)a 'EYEBALL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2073},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2073}
}