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STEDT #2155

*bay

PEA / BEAN / SMALL WEIGHT OR COIN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*peː ‘BEANS’JS-HCST: 157

Kuki-Chin*ɓee ‘BEAN / PEA’PKC #7

Connections

HPTB*be ‘bean / legume’p. 203

Notes

This is definitely an areal word, found in Mon-Khmer and Tai as well as in TB and perhaps Chinese. The meaning ranges from ‘small weight or coin’ to ‘bean, pea’. Shorto 2006 (#1489, p. 400) reconstructs Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓa(a)y ‘bean; small weight or coin’ (cf. Mon boa ‘bean, pea, 1/16 tical’); also Thai pʰay ‘1/32 tical’.

Shorto also suggests a connection with Amoy/Hokkien pè or poè 貝 (cf. Mand. bèi).

The present PTB reconstruction is a revision of STC #253, where the root is reconstructed *be.

Reflexes & cognates62 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanbe ‘bean’Weidert 87 TBTo: 258

*Tibeto-Burmanbe ‘bean / legume’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 584

*Tibeto-Burmanbe ‘peas, beans, lentils’Benedict 72 STC: 253

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanipeː ‘beans’Sun J 93 HCST: 19

1.1.1.1Western Tani31

Apataniaprefix-mumorpheme pe-ruŋmorpheme ‘cow pea’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniaprefix-xómorpheme pé-ruŋmorpheme ‘beans (species, round)’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanihamorpheme-ljãmorpheme pe-rũmorpheme ‘green bean’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanimamorpheme-tamorpheme pé-ruŋmorpheme ‘beans’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanipe-rũmorpheme ‘beans’Sun J 93 HCST

Apatanipe-rũmorpheme ‘bean’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanipé-rùŋmorpheme ‘green pea’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnipiː-mɯkmorpheme ‘black bean’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnipiː-rɯnmorpheme ‘mung bean’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnitaprefix-piː ‘beans’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengnitaprefix-piː ‘bean’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarpeː-kaːmorpheme ‘black beans’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarpeː-mɯk#6479 PTani *mɯk ‘POWDER’PTani *mɯk ‘POWDER’ ‘bean flour’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarpeː-renmorpheme ‘mung beans’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarpeː-sormorpheme ‘flat beans)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarpeː-◦poːmorpheme ‘maize’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarpeː◦jakmorpheme n‘soya bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0431.24

Bokarpeː◦mɯk#6479 PTani *mɯk ‘POWDER’PTani *mɯk ‘POWDER’ n‘flour’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0442.24

Bokarpeː◦poːmorpheme n‘maize / corn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0416.24

Bokartaprefix peː n‘pea / bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0430.24

Bokartaprefix-peː ‘beans’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokartaprefix-peː ‘beans’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokartaprefix-peː kaːmorpheme-jaŋmorpheme ‘black beans’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokar Lhobapeː mɯk#6479 PTani *mɯk ‘POWDER’PTani *mɯk ‘POWDER’ ‘flour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 391.51

Bokar Lhobapɛː◦poːmorpheme ‘maize’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 193.51

Bokar Lhobataprefix pɛː ‘beans’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 201.51

Galo`pe◦yakmorpheme n.‘soybean’GLDC 09 Galo

Galopee◦renmorpheme n.‘bean (long)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galopee◦renmorpheme n.‘long bean’GLDC 09 Galo

Galopee◦renmorpheme n.‘string bean’GLDC 09 Galo

Miri, Hillpe◦renmorpheme ‘beans’Simon 76 Miri

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Padam [Abor]pe-ronmorpheme ‘beans’Sun J 93 HCST

Mishing [Miri]pe-retmorpheme ‘beans’Sun J 93 HCST

1.2Kuki-Chin2

*Chinɓee ‘BEAN / PEA’VanBik 09 PKC: 7

Analàmorpheme-bɛ́ ‘bean’Weidert 87 TBTo: 258

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Paitebe ‘bean’VanBik 09 PKC: 7

Sizangbe ‘bean’VanBik 09 PKC: 7

Thadobêe ‘bean, pea’VanBik 09 PKC: 7

Tiddimbeː¹ ‘bean’VanBik 09 PKC: 7

Tiddimbeː¹ ‘bean (generic name)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 82

Tiddimˊbɛː n‘bean’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Cho (Mindat)be ⪤ bei ‘beans’VanBik 09 PKC: 7

Khumikháwymorpheme◦biee ‘bean species (short and fat)’VanBik 09 PKC: 7

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)bèe ‘bean, pea’VanBik 09 PKC: 7

Lai (Falam)bêe ‘beans’VanBik 09 PKC: 7

Lushai [Mizo]bê ‘bean’Weidert 87 TBTo: 258

Lushai [Mizo]bê ‘bean’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]bê ‘beans, generic names for all kind of beans’VanBik 09 PKC: 7

Lushai [Mizo]be ‘peas, beans, lentils’Benedict 72 STC: 253

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]ʔāmorpheme-bí ‘beans’VanBik 09 PKC: 7

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Dimasasamorpheme◦bai ‘peas, beans, lentils’Benedict 72 STC: 253

3.2Qiangic2

Xumijĩ⁵⁵morphemetshi³³morphemenu³³#2067 PTB *s-nuk ‘BEAN / EYE’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BEAN’mbæ⁵⁵ n‘soya bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0431.17

Xuminu³³#2067 PTB *s-nuk ‘BEAN / EYE’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BEAN’nbæ⁵⁵ n‘pea / bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0430.17

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)paì ‘peas, beans, lentils’Benedict 72 STC: 253

7Karenic9

Bwe (Western)θɪ¹morphemeɓɪ¹ ‘beans’Luce 85: E.16

Gebaki²morphemebi¹ ‘beans’Luce 85: E.16

Gebatji²morphemebi¹ ‘beans’Luce 85: E.16

Kayan (Pekon)bé◦sʰwêmorpheme N‘mung beans’Manson 10 Kayan

Pa-Obè sèŋmorpheme ‘beans, fermented’Solnit 89 PaO

Pa-O (Northern)be⁶ ‘beans’Luce 85: E.16

Pwo (Tenasserim)pɛ⁶ ‘beans’Luce 85: E.16

Pwo (Delta)ɓɑĩ² ‘beans’Luce 85: E.16

Sgawpɛ¹ ‘beans’Luce 85: E.16

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2155, *bay ‘PEA / BEAN / SMALL WEIGHT OR COIN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2155

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

References: STC#253, HPTB p.203

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2155,
  title  = {{*bay 'PEA / BEAN / SMALL WEIGHT OR COIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2155},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2155}
}