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STEDT #2257

*m-gwi(y)

ELEPHANT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlem-gwprefixminitialgwrhymei(y)coverK · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ɓuy ⪤ *wuy ‘ELEPHANT’PKC #23

Tangkhulic*m-pu ‘ELEPHANT’DRM#608

Connections

HPTB*m-gwi(y) ‘elephant’p. 200

Chinese comparandum

爲 OC *gwiɑ, GSR #27a-e ‘elephant’; Mand. wéi.

“The earliest form shows a hand at the head of an elephant (possibly referring to the handicraft in ivory, so prominent in Yin time?)” (GSR #27a-e).

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanm-gwi(y) ‘elephant’Chou 72: 27a-e

*Tibeto-Burmanm-gwi(y) ‘elephant’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 592

1.2Kuki-Chin3

*Chinɓuy⪤ wuy VanBik 09 PKC: 23

*Kuki (Southern)m-wi ‘elephant’Benedict 72 STC: 168n449

Yawdwinmwi ‘elephant’Benedict 72 STC: 121n332

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Ashoəprefix◦mui ‘elephant’Benedict 72 STC: 121n332

Cho (Mindat)m-bui ⪤ m-vui ‘elephant’VanBik 09 PKC: 23

Jingphomă³¹kui³³ ‘elephant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 123.47

Jingphomă¹kui³³ ‘elephant’Liu 84

Jingphoməgwi ‘elephant’Benedict 72 STC: 121n332

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakwvumorpheme◦kvú ‘elephant’Huziwara 08 Sak: 304-17

4Nungic2

Anong (Rawang)məgö ‘elephant’Benedict 72 STC: 168n449

Rawangməgui³¹ ‘elephant’LaPolla 03: 354

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old/Mid)gwiɑ/ywie̯ ‘elephant’Chou 72: 27a-e

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2257, *m-gwi(y) ‘ELEPHANT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2257

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

References: cf. STC p.121, HPTB p.200

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2257,
  title  = {{*m-gwi(y) 'ELEPHANT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2257},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2257}
}