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STEDT #2189

byar ⪤ p(i/u)r

FLY (v.)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlebyerinitialbyrhymeercoverP · L

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*bjar ‘FLY (v.)’JS-HCST: 139

Connections

HPTB*byer ‘fly (v.)’pp. 399, 402, 509

Notes

This etymon represents a combination of two roots set up separately in STC: *byer (pp. 83, 166) and *pur ⪤ *pir (#398). Thus, as now conceived, this etymon displays the same pattern of allofamy as #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal HAIR / FUR / FEATHER, i.e. the allofams simultaneously illustrate two of the best attested TB variational patterns: *-u- ⪤ *-i- and *-ya- ⪤ *-i-.

This root is very probably related to #355 PTB *pur ⪤ *pwar BUTTERFLY.

Chinese comparandum

飛 OC *pi̯wər, GSR #580a ‘to fly’; Schuessler 2007: *pəi < *pui; B & S 2011: *Cə.pər {Cə.pə[r]} (dial. *-r › *-j); Mand. fēi.
𦐈/翂 OC *pi̯wən, GSR #471e-f ‘fly, soar’; Coblin 86:82 ST *+ pjur > OC * pjən; Schuessler 2007:236 *pən; B & S 2011: *pər {(Cə.)pə[r]}; Mand. fēn.
奮 OC * pi̯wən, GSR #473a ‘spread wings, fly up’; Coblin 86:82 ST *pjur > OC *pjənh; Schuessler 2007:236 *pəns; B & S 2011: *pən-s {p[ə][n]-s}; Mand. fèn.

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Reflexes & cognates50 reflexes · 16 subgroups

Galojar◦namsuffix vi.‘fly’GLDC 09 Galo

Miri, Hillɟar-namsuffix ‘fly’Simon 76 Miri

Miri, Hillɟar-rɯpmorpheme-namsuffix ‘fly up’Simon 76 Miri

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani6

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]ber v‘fly’Sun J 93 HCST

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]ber v.‘fly’LaPolla 87: 77

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]ber v.‘fly’Benedict 72 STC: 398

Damubiar ramorpheme v‘fly’Sun J 93 Tani

Damubiar ɟeʔmorpheme v‘fly’Sun J 93 Tani

Milangbyar-ma ‘fly’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Yimchungrü²pin v.‘fly’Weidert 87 TBTo: 748

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦jar v‘fly’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Dimasabir v.‘fly’Benedict 72 STC: 398

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garobil v.‘fly’Benedict 72 STC: 398

2.1.2.1Tibetan6

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)phər v‘fly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 782.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)mphər v‘fly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 782.5

Tibetan (Central)ḥphir-basuffix v.‘fly’Benedict 72 STC: 398

Tibetan (Lhasa)phir⁵⁵ v‘fly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 782.2

Tibetan (Written)ḥphur-basuffix v.‘fly’Benedict 72 STC: 398

Tibetan (Written)ɦphur v‘fly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 782.1

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

LimbupEːr- (pE) v.‘fly’Michailovsky 89 Lm

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Kulungper-amorpheme v.,intr‘fly’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Khalingbher-nemorpheme v‘fly’Hale 73 CSD: 03b.09

2.3.4Western Kiranti4

Bahingbyer v.‘fly’LaPolla 87: 77

Bahingbyer v.‘fly’Benedict 72 STC: 398

Rumdaliperʱ-mamorpheme v.‘fly’Weidert 87 TBTo: 748

Sunwarber-cāmorpheme v‘fly’Hale 73 CSD: 03b.09

4Nungic9

Anongəprefix◦phr [ə◦phər] ‘shake (as a cloth)’These Nungish forms are included in STC #398 without comment; the semantic association apparently being “movement through the air”.Benedict 72 STC: 398

Trung [Dulong]bĕʴ⁵³ v‘fly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 782.46

Trung [Dulong]biel v.‘fly’LaPolla 87: 77

Trung [Dulong]biel ‘fly’Benedict 72 STC: 83n249

Dulongbɛɹ⁵³ v.‘fly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1318.20

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)ber⁵³ v.‘fly’LaPolla 87: 77

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)bĕɹ⁵³ v‘fly’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)zer⁵³ v.‘fly’LaPolla 87: 77

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)zĕɹ⁵³ v‘fly’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish6

Nusu (Central)bia³³ ‘fly’Dai 89 NusB: 1826.

Nusu (Central)bia³³ v.‘fly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1318.34

Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)bia³⁵ ‘fly’Dai 89 NusA: 1826.

Nusu (Central)biɑ⁵⁵ v.‘fly’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Bijiang)biɑ⁵⁵ v‘fly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 782.45

Nusu (Northern)biɔ³¹ v.‘fly’Sun J 86 Nusu

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2189, *byar ⪤ *p(i/u)r ‘FLY (v.)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2189

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

References: cf. STC p.83, HPTB pp.399, 402, 509

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2189,
  title  = {{*byar ⪤ *p(i/u)r 'FLY (v.)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2189},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2189}
}

*byar ⪤ *p(i/u)r