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STEDT #2186

*bwəy

RAT (BAMBOO RAT)
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlebwiyinitialbwrhymeəycoverP · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ɓuy ⪤ *puy ‘MOUSE / RAT (bamboo) / MOLE’PKC #36

Connections

HPTB*bwəy ‘bamboo rat’p. 196
See also*bwəy ‘RAT (BAMBOO RAT)’

Reflexes & cognates34 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinɓuy ⪤ puy ‘MOUSE / RAT (bamboo) / MOLE’VanBik 09 PKC: 36

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Tiddim-bui n‘bamboo-rat’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin4

Ashoaprefix-bó-i n‘mole (animal)’VanBik 09 PKC: 36
Cho (Mindat)bui ‘bamboo-rat’VanBik 09 PKC: 36
Khumitha(ng)morpheme◦búuy ‘bamboo rat’VanBik 09 PKC: 36

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]zāmorpheme-bí ‘mouse, rat’VanBik 09 PKC: 36

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tusomʔumorpheme-cimorpheme-bo-ramorpheme ‘shrew’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.087

1.7.1.2Garo1

2.1.2.1Tibetan18

Tibetan (Written)bji bamorpheme n‘year of the mouse’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0755.01
Tibetan (Written)byi-bamorpheme ‘rat, mouse’Benedict 72 STC: 173
Tibetan (Written)byí-bɑmorpheme ‘rat / mouse / var. other animals’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)byi-bɑmorpheme-rkɑŋmorpheme-ríŋmorpheme ‘rabbit’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)byi-dkɑ́rmorpheme ‘hare (white)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)byi-pʻrúgmorpheme ‘mouse (young)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)byi◦basuffix ‘mouse’Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Written)byi◦basuffix ‘rat’Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Written)byi◦usuffix ‘rat’Chou 72: 468s
Tibetan (Written)byi◦usuffix ‘bird(little) / bird / alpine hare’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)byi◦usuffix < byi-ba ‘rat’Benedict 72 STC: 32n103
Tibetan (Written)byi◦usuffix [byu] ‘alpine hare’Benedict 72 STC: 93
Tibetan (Written)dŋulmorpheme-byi ‘rabbit (white)’Jäschke 1881

6.1.1Burmish4

Hpun (Northern)tàʼprefix◦pyì, tăprefix◦pyì ‘rat (bamboo)’Henderson 86 Hpun
Hpun (Northern)tàʼprefix◦pyì, tp̆yì ‘bamboo rat / mole’Henderson 86 Hpun

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishpi² ‘bamboo rat’Bradley 79 PLo: 33

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2186, *bwəy ‘RAT (BAMBOO RAT)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2186
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#173, HPTB p.196; what is relationship to #2796?
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2186,
  title  = {{*bwəy 'RAT (BAMBOO RAT)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2186},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2186}
}