*s-brit

SNEEZE / NOSE / SWALLOW

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletsiinitial?tsrhymeicoverV

Notes

The final labial in Bunan seems to be due to assimilation to the initial.

Cf. also #810 PTB *bi NOSE.

Chinese comparandum

#810 PTB *bi NOSE

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetanbrjiət ⪤ sbrjiət ‘nose ⪤ sneeze’Coblin 86: 113

1.1.2Deng3

Iduaprefix◦bi ‘swallow’Pulu 78

Iduaprefix◦bi◦gasuffix ‘swallow’Pulu 78

Idubɹi⁵⁵ v‘swallow’Sun H 91 IduQ: 4.2.3

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]pamorpheme-seèrmorpheme-phràt- ‘sneeze’Grüssner 79 BP: 125

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Bunanphriphs ‘sneeze’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 11.3

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Jirel)'rit◦tāmorpheme n‘sneeze’Hale 73 CSD: 10a.27

Spitirit◦pasuffix ‘sneeze’Bodh 91: 11.3

Tibetan (Written)sbrid ‘sneeze’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)sbrid-pasuffix ‘sneeze’Coblin 86: 113

3.3rGyalrongic1

Daofudʐəl v.‘roll up (cloth)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1456.12

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2130, *s-brit ‘SNEEZE / NOSE / SWALLOW’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2130

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2130,
  title  = {{*s-brit 'SNEEZE / NOSE / SWALLOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2130},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2130}
}