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STEDT #2112

*(g/b)rwat

BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINES
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlegrwatinitialgrwrhymeatcoverK · T

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*breɁᴰ ‘INTESTINES’TL#154

Connections

HPTB*grwat ‘belly / stomach / intestines’p. 334
Poss. allofam*k(w)a ‘STOMACH’

Notes

The Karenic forms mostly reflect the variant with initial labial, except for Pwo, where the velar alternate appears.

The Chinese comparandum was first suggested in Coblin 1986:141.

Chinese comparandum

胃 OC *gi̯wəd, GSR #523a-b; B & S 2011: *ɢʷət-s {[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s}; Mand. wèi.

Reflexes & cognates45 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmangrwat ‘belly / stomach / intestines’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 591
*Tibeto-Burmangrwat ‘guts / belly’Matisoff 78 VSTB

2.1.2.1Tibetan11

Tibetan (Khams:Dege)tʂø¹³pa⁵³morpheme ‘belly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 260.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)tʂho¹³koʔ⁵³morpheme ‘belly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 260.2
Tibetan (Lhasa)tʂho¹³ko⁵²morpheme n‘belly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0096.02
Spitiṭhut◦pamorpheme ‘belly / abdomen (outer bulge)’Bodh 91: 5.7
Tibetan (Written)grod khogmorpheme ‘belly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 260.1
Tibetan (Written)grod-pasuffix ‘belly’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)grod-pasuffix ‘belly’Matisoff 78 VSTB
Tibetan (Written)grod-pasuffix ‘stomach, belly’Coblin 86: 141
Tibetan (Written)grod◦pamorpheme ‘belly’Marrison 67 Naga

2.3.4Western Kiranti2

Hayucot ‘intestines / bowels’Matisoff 87 BP
Hayucot ‘guts’Matisoff 78 VSTB

7Karenic32

*KarenbreɁᴰ ‘intestines’[Source note] Pwo has an unusal onset, xw-.Luangthongkum 13: 154
*Karen (TP)phrwɛ̀ʔ ‘intestines’Jones 61: 180
*Karenphrwɛ̀ʔ ‘intestines’Jones 61: 180
*Karen (Pwo-Sgaw)phə̀h ‘stomach’Jones 61: 358
*Karen [Burling]phɣiɁ¹ ‘intestines’Luangthongkum 13: 154
*Karen (Sgaw)pɣìʔ ‘intestines’Jones 61: 180
*Karen (Pwo)xwɛ̀ʔ ‘intestines’Jones 61: 180
Bwe-bwi¹¹ ‘intestines’Luangthongkum 13: 154
Bwe-bwɪ̀ n‘bowels, intestines’Henderson 97 Kar
Bwebwɪ̀ ‘intestines’Weidert 87 TBTo: 965
Kayahphra³³ ‘intestines’Luangthongkum 13: 154
Kayan (Pekon)kʰúpʰûmorpheme◦prē N‘Hawkfoot grass [lit. deer-intestine]’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayan (Pekon)prē N‘intestines’Manson 10 Kayan
KayanpriɁ²¹ ‘intestines’Luangthongkum 13: 154
Kayawpre³³ ‘intestines’Luangthongkum 13: 154
Pa-O (Northern)phreɁ⁴⁵ ‘intestines’Luangthongkum 13: 154
Pa-Ophrèʔ ‘intestines’Weidert 87 TBTo: 965
Pa-Ophrèʔ ‘intestine’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Ophrèʔ ‘intestines / bowels’Matisoff 87 BP
Pa-Ophrèʔ ‘intestines’Jones 61: 180
Pa-O (Southern)phriɁ⁴⁵ ‘intestines’Luangthongkum 13: 154
Palaychiphə̀q ‘stomach’Jones 61: 358
Palaychiphə̀ʔ ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP
Pwo (Northern)xwaiɁ²¹ ‘intestines’Luangthongkum 13: 154
Pwo (Southern)xwaiɁ⁴⁵ ‘intestines’Luangthongkum 13: 154
Pwo (Bassein)xwɛ̀ʔ ‘intestines’Weidert 87 TBTo: 965
Pwo (Bassein)xwɛ̀ʔ ‘intestines / bowels’Matisoff 87 BP
Pwo (Moulmein)xwaiʔ ‘intestines’Weidert 87 TBTo: 965
Pwo (Moulmein)xwaiʔ ‘intestines / bowels’Matisoff 87 BP
Sgaw (Northern)phɣiɁ²¹ ‘intestines’Luangthongkum 13: 154
Sgaw (Southern)pɣai¹¹¨ ‘intestines’Luangthongkum 13: 154

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)gi̯wəd/jwe̯imorpheme- ‘stomach’Karlgren 57 GSR: 523a-b
Chinese (Old)gwjədh ‘stomach / belly’Coblin 86: 141
Chinese (Old)gywəd ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP

9.0.2Middle Chinese2

Chinese (Middle)jwe̯i ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Chinese (Mandarin)wèi ‘stomach’Evans 91

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2112, *(g/b)rwat ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINES’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2112
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. VSTB 124, HPTB p.334
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2112,
  title  = {{*(g/b)rwat 'BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINES'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2112},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2112}
}