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STEDT #2381

*kywəy

YAM
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekywiyinitialkywrhymeiy=kywəycoverK · WT

Connections

HPTB*kywəy ‘yam’pp. 66, 195

Notes

Mpi seems to have developed a doublet from this complex initial group.

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

1.1.2Deng1

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Written)skyi-basuffix ‘potato’LaPolla 87: 14
Tibetan (Written)skyi-basuffix ‘medicinal plant; potato’Benedict 72 STC: 238

2.3Kiranti1

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti4

Limbukhe ‘yam, potato’Michailovsky 89 Lm
Limbukheː ‘arum / yam’Weidert 87 TBTo: 129

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Kulungtelmorpheme◦khe ‘yam’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.3Central Kiranti3

Dumikiː ‘tuber / radish / potato’Driem 93 Dumi

3.2Qiangic2

Qiang (Longxi)kà púmorpheme ‘root’Evans 99 Qiang: 470
Qiang (Mianchi)(phò)morpheme kè kè ‘root’Evans 99 Qiang: 470

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Lisu (Northern)a²¹prefixjæ³³ N‘glutinous yam’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)thɔ³⁵morphemejæ³³ N‘kind of wild taro, Amorphophallus rivieri’Bradley 94 Lisu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Mpikwai⁴ ‘taro (sp.)’Srinuan 76
Mpiŋ²morphemekjo⁴ ‘potatoes, sweet’Srinuan 76

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2381, *kywəy ‘YAM’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2381
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#238, HPTB pp.66, 195
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2381,
  title  = {{*kywəy 'YAM'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2381},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2381}
}