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STEDT #2153

*baːr

BLOOM / FLOWER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlebarinitialbrhymea-rsuffixrcoverP · VL

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*paar ‘FLOWER’PKC #147
Tangkhulic*bon ‘FLOWER’DRM#469

Connections

HPTB*baːr ‘bloom / flower’pp. 384, 386, 387, 392, 425

Chinese comparandum

葩 OC (*p’ɑ̊), GSR (not in #38) ‘flower’; Schuessler 2007:408 (*phrâ); B & S 2011: (*pʰˁra); Mand. pā.

Reflexes & cognates127 reflexes · 22 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmanbaːr ‘bloom / flower’Mortensen 12 Tk
*Tibeto-Burmanbaːr ‘bloom / flower’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 584
*Tibeto-Burmanbaːr ‘bloom, flower’Benedict 72 STC: 1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinpaar ‘FLOWER’VanBik 09 PKC: 147

1.2.1.1Northern Chin9

Paitepaak ‘flower’VanBik 09 PKC: 147
Sizangpāk ‘flower’VanBik 09 PKC: 147
Thadopáʔ ‘flower, bloom’VanBik 09 PKC: 147
Thadopáʔ ‘flower’Thirumalai 72: 65
Tiddim-paːk n‘flower’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddimpaːk² ‘flower’VanBik 09 PKC: 147
Tiddimpaːk² ‘flower’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1354
Tiddimpaːk² nguːm¹morpheme ‘bud’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1355

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin10

Ashopʻaˊˊ ‘flower, bloom’VanBik 09 PKC: 147
Daaipaːⁱ◦paːⁱ ‘flower’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 32
Khumikseewngmorpheme◦(páw) ‘flower’VanBik 09 PKC: 147
Khumikəšɛᵘŋmorpheme◦paᵘˀ ‘flower’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 32
Matuxaⁱmorpheme◦paːⁱ ‘flower’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 32
Mkaangɣïⁱmorpheme◦paːⁱ ‘flower’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 32
Nyhmoyekʰəⁱmorpheme◦paː ‘flower’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 32
Wakungḁmorpheme◦paᵘˀ ‘flower’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 32

1.2.2Central Chin8

Lushai [Mizo]páar n‘flower, a blossom, a bloom’VanBik 09 PKC: 147
Lushai [Mizo]pangmorpheme◦pâr n‘flower’Marrison 67 Naga
Lushai [Mizo]pàŋmorpheme-páar ‘flower’Weidert 87 TBTo: 247
Lushai [Mizo]paːr v.‘flower, blossom’Benedict 72 STC: 1

1.2.3Maraic1

1.3“Naga” Areal Group3

Maringpar ‘flower’Brown 37 Indo
Maringpar n‘flower’Marrison 67 Naga
Maringpar◦pomamorpheme n‘bud’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)3

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦ben n‘bud’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦ben n‘flower’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦pen n‘flower’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic12

Champhungamorpheme-bun ‘flower’Brown 37 Indo
Huishuamorpheme-vəmorpheme-vɐŋ-re ‘flower’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.013
Kachaiʔamorpheme-vɐn ‘flower’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.013
Tangkhulamorpheme◦won n‘flower’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulwon ‘flower’Bhat 69 TNV: 89
Tusomʔɯmorpheme-pɯə ‘flower’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.013
Ukhrulʔamorpheme-wan ‘flower’Mortensen 12 Tk
Ukhrulʔamorpheme-won ‘flower’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

1.7.1.1Bodo8

Bodobar v‘blossom’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodobar sikə́rmorpheme ‘flower (kind of, used as a vegetable)’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodobar◦tomorpheme v‘begin to blossom’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodobimorpheme◦bár ‘flower’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodobimorpheme◦bárʔ ‘flower’Weidert 87 TBTo: 247
Dimasabar-gurumorpheme v.‘blossom’Benedict 72 STC: 1
Kokborokbomorpheme-bar ‘flower’Tripuri 88
Mechebimorpheme◦bar ‘flower’Weidert 87 TBTo: 247

1.7.1.2Garo4

Garo(bi)morpheme◦bal ‘flower’Weidert 87 TBTo: 247
Garobimorpheme◦bal ‘flower’Benedict 72 STC: 1
Garo (Bangladesh)bal-amorpheme vi‘bloom; pop’Burling 03 Garo: 4.691-II:idx
Garo (Bangladesh)bimorpheme-bal n‘blossom; flower’Burling 03 Garo: 4.676-II:idx

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Wanchopan puŋmorpheme ‘flower’French 83: 490

1.7.3.1Jingpho9

Jingphonàmmorpheme-pān ‘flower’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 149
Jingphonam³¹morpheme pa̱n³³ ‘smallpox’Liu 84
Jingphonam³¹morphemepa̱n³³ ‘flower (ornamental)’Liu 84
Jingphonam³¹morphemepa̱n³³ nveg‘flower’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0377.19
Jingphonam³¹morphemepa̱n³³ ‘flower’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 228.47
Jingphonammorpheme◦pan n‘flower’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphonammorpheme◦pan◦majawnmorpheme n‘bud’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingpho¹nammorpheme²pan ‘flower’Weidert 87 TBTo: 247

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)ḥbar-basuffix v.‘begin bloom, blossom’Benedict 72 STC: 1

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchabúr v.‘flower, bloom’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

2.1.5Dhimal1

Dhimalbar v.‘flower’Benedict 72 STC: 1

3.2Qiangic27

These Qiangic forms have been assigned to #2153 PTB *baːr BLOOM / FLOWER, although it cannot yet be ruled out that they descend rather from #2185 PTB *b/s-wat FLOWER.

Guiqiongphe⁵⁵ v.‘blossom (of flowers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1463.16
Guiqiongphe⁵⁵ ‘bloom’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 789.17
Namuyiba³⁵ v‘bud’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 788.19
Namuyiba⁵⁵ ‘seedling’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 221.19
Namuyiba⁵⁵ ‘bud’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 226.19
Namuyiba⁵⁵ n‘seedling (rice)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0406.46
Pumi (Jiulong)(pɐ¹¹tsɿ¹¹morpheme) tɯ⁵⁵morphemepɐ⁵⁵ v.‘blossom (of flowers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1463.10
Pumi (Jiulong)pɐ¹¹bø⁵⁵morphemelø¹¹morpheme nveg‘bud’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0381.10
Pumi (Jiulong)pɐ¹¹tsɿ⁵⁵morpheme nveg‘flower’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0377.10
Pumi (Lanping)bɑ¹³ n‘seedling (rice)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0406.09
Pumi (Lanping)pɐ¹³tsə⁵⁵morpheme nveg‘flower’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0377.09
Pumi (Qinghua)pɐ¹³tsə⁵⁵morpheme ‘flower’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 228.11
Pumi (Qinghua)tə⁵⁵morphemepɐ⁵⁵ ‘bloom’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 789.11
Pumi (Taoba)ba³⁵ ‘seedling’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 221.10
Pumi (Taoba)pɐ³⁵tsə⁵³morpheme ‘flower’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 228.10
Pumi (Taoba)tə⁵⁵morphemepɐ⁵³ ‘bloom’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 789.10
Qiang (Longxi)(tə̀)morpheme pá ‘open (flower)’Evans 99 Qiang: 2094
Qiang (Longxi)(tə̀)morpheme pá ‘open (flower)’Evans 99 Qiang: 2094
Qiang (Longxi)pá tsù̥morpheme ‘colorful (=flower)’Evans 99 Qiang: 1567
Qiang (Longxi)pá tsùmorpheme ‘flower’Evans 99 Qiang: 472
Qiang (Longxi)pá tsùmorpheme (qò)morpheme tɕýmorpheme ‘bud’Evans 99 Qiang: 477
Qiang (Longxi)pá tsùmorpheme-tsísuffix ‘stamen, pistil [flower-DIM]’Evans 99 Qiang: 473
Qiang (Mawo)pəmorpheme pa v‘bud’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 788.8
Qiang (Mianchi)pɛ̀ ‘open (flower)’Evans 99 Qiang: 2094
Qiang (Taoping)pɑ³¹tʂuə⁵⁵morpheme ‘flower’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 228.9

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2153, *baːr ‘BLOOM / FLOWER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2153
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#001, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2153,
  title  = {{*baːr 'BLOOM / FLOWER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2153},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2153}
}