STEDT #2178
*bəw
INSECT / SNAKE / VERMIN / BUG
Reconstruction analysis
handlebuwinitialbrhymeəwcoverP · W
Intermediate reconstructions
Connections
HPTB*bəw ‘insect / vermin / bug / snake’pp. 130, 139, 148, 154, 178, 184
See also*s-b/m-ruːl ‘SNAKE’
Notes
See also the semantically and phonologically similar root #2623 s-b/m-ruːl ‘snake’.
Chinese comparandum
蜉 OC *b’i̯ôg, GSR #1233n ‘mayfly’; Schuessler 2007:242 *bu; B & S 2011: *bu {[b](r)u}; Mand. fú.
Reflexes & cognates347 reflexes · 34 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)6
1.1“North Assam”1
1.1.1Tani2
1.1.1.1Western Tani48
Apatanijamorpheme-si#189 PTB *si ‘WATER’PTani *si ‘WATER’ bu-rimorpheme ‘snake (water)’Sun J 93 Tani
Galo`bɨ◦tə#2697 PTB *ta-y ‘BIG’PTani *tə ~ *ta ‘BIG’PTk *dej ‘LARGE / BIG’ n.‘king cobra’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`bɨ◦tə#2697 PTB *ta-y ‘BIG’PTani *tə ~ *ta ‘BIG’PTk *dej ‘LARGE / BIG’ n.‘snake (variety)’GLDC 09 Galo
Tagincommorpheme◦dikmorpheme domorpheme◦nemorpheme taprefix◦bɯ-gomorpheme ‘poisonous snake’Das Gupta 83 Tag
1.1.1.2Eastern Tani8
1.1.2Deng3
1.7.1.1Bodo7
1.7.1.2Garo3
1.7.1.4Deori2
1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1
1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte4
1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang5
1.7.3.1Jingpho10
Jingpholă³³prefixpu̱³³ (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³#2501 PTB *s-ni(ː)ŋ ⪤ *s-nik ‘YEAR’PTani *ñiŋ ‘YEAR’PCN *niŋ ‘SKY / YEAR’PL *s-nikᴴ ‘YEAR’PKar *hneŋ ‘YEAR’PKar *hneŋᴮ ‘YEAR’) n‘year of the snake’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0760.19
1.7.3.2Asakian2
2.1.2Bodic6
Tsangla (Motuo)luŋ¹³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’pu¹³ ‘maggot’Zhang Jichuan 86
2.1.2.1Tibetan42
Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)mbə loŋ#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘maggot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 168.5
Tibetan (Batang)tɕɑ⁵⁵#577 PTB *r/s-kya(k/ŋ) ‘SHIT / EXCREMENT’mbᴜ⁵³ n‘maggot (dung)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0359.03
Tibetan (Batang)xha⁵⁵#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’mbᴜ⁵³ n‘maggot (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0359.03
Tibetan (Written)sha#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’.bu ‘maggot’Sun J 85 TbGl: 465
Tibetan (Written)sril#2808 PTB *zril ‘WORM’ / srin#2808 PTB *zril ‘WORM’(-bu) ‘worm / silkworm’Benedict 72 STC: 15n53
Tibetan (Written)sril#2808 PTB *zril ‘WORM’ / srin#2808 PTB *zril ‘WORM’(-bu) ‘worm (silk-worm)’Benedict 72 STC: 37n121
Tibetan (Written)s̀ɑ́#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’-ḥbu ‘maggot’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)ɕa#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ ɦbu n‘maggot (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0359.01
Tibetan (Written)ɕa#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ ɦbu ‘maggot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 168.1
2.1.3Lepcha3
2.1.4Tamangish3
Gurungpuh◦lu̩h#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ n‘grub (insect)’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.078
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1
Limbutaŋ#7173 PTB *t(y)u(ŋ/n) ‘SHORT’PTani *təŋ ⪤ *dəŋ ‘SHORT’◦bu n.‘short, blind snake’Michailovsky 89 Lm
2.3.2Southern Kiranti4
2.3.4Western Kiranti3
3.1Tangut2
3.2Qiangic61
Guiqiongbu⁵⁵lu⁵⁵#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘maggot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 168.17
Guiqiongmə³⁵morphemesə⁵⁵morphemembu³⁵ʐu⁵⁵#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ n‘maggot’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0359.16
Muyambə⁵⁵ʁo³³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ n‘maggot (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0359.15
Muya [Minyak]mbɯ⁵⁵ʁo³⁵#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘maggot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 168.15
Qiang (Longxi)bù iùmorpheme-tɕhúmorpheme quàmorpheme ‘bee barrel/hive [bee-barrel.shape]’Evans 99 Qiang: 455
Qiang (Longxi)bù ló#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘maggot’Evans 99 Qiang: 443
Qiang (Longxi)bù-tshɨ́#2380 PTB *kyəw ‘SWEET’PLB *kyuw = *kyəw ‘SWEET’ ‘honey [bug-sweet]’Evans 99 Qiang: 464
Qiang (Mawo)qhʂəmorpheme bu lu#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘maggot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 168.8
Qiang (Mawo)qhʂəmorpheme bə◦l#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ n‘maggot’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0359.08
Qiang (Mawo)qhʂəmorpheme◦bu◦lu#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘maggot’LaPolla 87: 146
Qiang (Mianchi)bò lò#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘maggot (bug)’Evans 99 Qiang: 443
Qiang (Mianchi)mèmorpheme tsì#2197 PTB *s-diːk ‘SCORPION / CRAB / SHRIMP’-bò lòmorpheme ‘scorpion [m-bug]’Evans 99 Qiang: 447
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]b◦rõ³⁵#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘maggot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 168.16
3.3rGyalrongic3
3.3.1rGyalrong1
4Nungic18
Rawangbə◦lɯŋ³³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘insect, worm’LaPolla 03: 399
Rawangbə◦lɯŋ³³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘worm, insect’LaPolla 03: 400
Anongbɯ³¹lɯŋ⁵⁵#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘insect / worm’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 169.44
Nungbɯ⁵⁵lɯŋ⁵⁵#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ n‘insect / worm’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0353.21
Trung [Dulong]bɯ³¹liŋ⁵⁵#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘insect / worm’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 169.46
Dulongbɯ⁵⁵liŋ⁵⁵#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ n‘insect / worm’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0353.20
6.1Lolo-Burmese1
6.1.1Burmish30
6.1.2Loloish4
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish32
Yi (Liangshan)bu³³ɬu̱³³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’zɯ³³morpheme ‘larva; maggot’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Nanhua)bə²¹lu³³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ n‘butterfly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0370.37
Yi (Nanhua)bɯ²¹lɯ³³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’; bu²¹lu³³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘butterfly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 154.24
Yi (Nanjian)vi²¹lu³³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘butterfly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 154.23
Yi (Weishan)vɪ²¹lu̪³³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ n‘butterfly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0370.36
Yi (Wuding)bv̩¹¹lv̩¹¹#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ n‘butterfly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0370.38
Yi (Xide)bu²¹ɬ(u)²¹#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘butterfly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 154.21
Yi (Xide)bu²¹ɬu²¹#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ n‘butterfly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0370.35
Yi (Xide)bu³³ɬ(u̱)³³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’zɯ³³morpheme ‘maggot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 168.21
6.1.2.2Central Loloish31
Jinuopu³³ɬo³³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’pu³³morphemetʃɯ³³morpheme ‘butterfly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 154.34
Jinuo (Youle)pu⁴⁴ɬu⁴²#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘butterfly’Gai 86
Jinuopu⁴⁴ɬu⁴²#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ n‘butterfly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0370.44
Kucongpv31 lv31#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘butterfly’Dai 09 Kucong
Lahu (Lancang)bu³¹lu³³#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’qɑ¹¹morpheme n‘butterfly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0370.43
Lahu (Black)pù-lú#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’-qāmorpheme ‘butterfly’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 122
Lahu (Black)pù-lú#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’-qāmorpheme ‘butterfly’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 186
Lahu (Black)pu³¹lu⁵⁵#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’qᴀ¹¹morpheme ‘butterfly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 154.33
Lahu (Yellow)pɛ³qu²morphemelu²#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘butterfly’Chang 86
Lisu (Central)bu⁵-lu⁴#5432 PTB *s-lu(k/ŋ) ‘MAGGOT / BUTTERFLY’PKC *luŋ ‘MAGGOT / WORM’PNN *gluŋ ‘INSECT / WORM’PLB *k-luk ⪤ *k-luŋ ‘MAGGOT’PKar *hloŋᴮ ‘MAGGOT’ ‘butterfly’Fraser 22
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish4
6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish6
6.2Naxi3
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2178,
*bəw ‘INSECT / SNAKE / VERMIN / BUG’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2178Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#027, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2178,
title = {{*bəw 'INSECT / SNAKE / VERMIN / BUG'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2178},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2178}
}