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STEDT #239

*d-b(u/i)l

POOR
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Chinese comparandum

貧 OC *b’i̯ən, GSR #471v; B & S 2011: *brən {(Cə.)[b]rə[n]}; Mand. pín.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetandbjɨul ‘poor’Coblin 86: 120

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmand-bul ⪤ d-bil ‘poor’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 585

3.2Qiangic1

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)bʻi̯ən/bʻi̯ĕn ‘poor’Chou 72: 471v
Chinese (Old)brən {(Cə.)[b]rə[n]} ‘poor’BaxterSagart 2011: 2100

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #239, *d-b(u/i)l ‘POOR’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/239
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC 173n461, HPTB pp.419, 423
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-239,
  title  = {{*d-b(u/i)l 'POOR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #239},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/239}
}