STEDT #2264
*m-hla
SOUL / DEMON / GOD / BEAUTIFUL
Reconstruction analysis
handlem-hlprefixminitial)hlrhymeacoverH · V
Intermediate reconstructions
Connections
HPTB*m-hla ‘god / soul / beautiful’pp. 162, 172
Notes
This root has been reconstructed with a nasal prefix at the PTB level, but many languages have fully vocalized disyllabic compounds where the initial syllable begins with a nasal (cf. Jingpho min, Tangkhul maŋ, Proto-Ao hməy). It is thus natural to assume that this first element represented a separate morpheme which was subsequently “prefixized.” It is possible that this morpheme was actually #17 PTB *s-maŋ BODY / CORPSE.
Reflexes & cognates185 reflexes · 24 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4
1.2Kuki-Chin1
1.2.1.1Northern Chin4
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3
1.2.2Central Chin9
1.2.3Maraic1
1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)10
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[a]prefix-khu?-hmila n.‘were-tiger, lycanthropist ('tiger' + 'soul')’Coupe 07 Ao
1.3.4Tangkhulic9
1.7.3.1Jingpho6
2.1.2.1Tibetan13
2.1.4Tamangish12
2.3.2Southern Kiranti2
3.1Tangut6
3.2Qiangic21
3.3rGyalrongic4
3.3.1rGyalrong27
4Nungic3
6.1Lolo-Burmese3
6.1.1Burmish5
6.1.2Loloish1
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish17
6.1.2.2Central Loloish26
Lisu (Northern)hã³³seʔ²¹#1018 PTB *g/b-sat ‘KILL’PKC *that-I, -thaʔ-II ‘KILL’PTk *tʰat ‘KILL’PNN *ʔsot ‘KILL’PLB *C-sat ‘KILL’ ‘kill the spirit (in traditiona society)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)si²¹morphemeɕæ³³morpheme ma³³morphemehã³³ ‘supernatural being; holy spirit’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tshɔ³³morphemehã³³fu³³morpheme ‘green-headed snake (lit. 'soul-snake')’Bradley 94 Lisu
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish10
6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2264,
*m-hla ‘SOUL / DEMON / GOD / BEAUTIFUL’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2264Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#475, HPTB pp.162, 172
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2264,
title = {{*m-hla 'SOUL / DEMON / GOD / BEAUTIFUL'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2264},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2264}
}