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STEDT #2445

ma-y ⪤ mey

RICE / PADDY

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlemayinitialmrhymeaycoverM · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*ma ‘RICE (IN FIELD)’DRM#746

Karenic*may ‘RICE / PADDY’

Connections

HPTB*ma-y ‘rice / paddy’p. 231

Chinese comparandum

米 OC *miər, GSR #598a-c; B & S 2011: *C.mˤijʔ; Mand. mǐ.

Reflexes & cognates62 reflexes · 15 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmanma-y ‘rice / paddy’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 601

*Tibeto-Burmanma-y ⪤ mey ‘rice / paddy’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 601

*Tibeto-Burmanmay ⪤ *mey ‘rice / paddy’[Source note] [G&C 57].LaPolla 87: 190

*Tibeto-Burmanmay ⪤ mey ‘rice / paddy’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 057

1.3.4Tangkhulic4

*Tangkhulicma ‘rice (in field)’Mortensen 12 Tk: 746

Huishuʔamorpheme-mi-low#2417 PTB *low ‘FIELD’PKC *law ‘FARM / FIELD’PCN *hlu ‘FIELD / GROUND’PTk *low ‘FIELD’ ‘rice field / swidden / upland field’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.149

Tangkhulma ‘rice (paddy)’Marrison 67 Naga

Ukhrulma ‘rice (in fields/unhulled)’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.1Bodo-Garo4

*Bodo-Garom[a,e]y ‘rice’Benedict 72 STC: 192n491

*Bodo-Garom[a/e]y ‘rice / paddy’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 057

*Bodo-Garomai'-roŋmorpheme ‘rice, uncooked’Burling 59 PBo: 443

*Bodo-Garomɑy~mey ‘rice’Chou 72: 598a-c

1.7.1.1Bodo8

Bodomay◦bramorpheme ‘paddy (kind of, whose rice becomes sticky when boi’Bhat 68 Boro

Dimasamai ‘rice (paddy)’Marrison 67 Naga

Dimasamai ‘rice, paddy’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 057

Dimasamai ‘rice / paddy’LaPolla 87: 190

Dimasamai ‘rice, paddy’Benedict 72 STC: 65n206

Dimasamai◦rongmorpheme ‘rice (uncooked)’Marrison 67 Naga

Kokborokmay ‘cooked rice’Tripuri 88

Kokborokmay-roŋmorpheme ‘husked rice’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo11

Garome ‘rice / paddy’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 057

Garomi ‘rice / paddy’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 057

Garomi ‘rice, paddy’Benedict 72 STC: 65n206

Garomi~ me- ‘rice / paddy’LaPolla 87: 190

Garo (Bangladesh)me-rongmorpheme n‘husked rice’Burling 03 Garo: 5.25-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)me•-dikmorpheme n‘rice pot’Burling 03 Garo: 5.432-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)mi n‘rice plant’Burling 03 Garo: 5.25-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)mi-milmorpheme n‘sticky rice’Burling 03 Garo: 5.25-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)mi-mitmorpheme-immorpheme n‘sticky rice’Burling 03 Garo: 5.25-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)mi-sammorpheme n‘rice and curry’Burling 03 Garo: 5.403-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)mi-simorpheme-sammorpheme-simorpheme n‘rice and curry’Burling 03 Garo: 5.403-II:idx

1.7.1.3Koch10

Atongmai n‘rice (cooked)’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongmai◦chek#443 PTB *m/s-glak ⪤ *m-glaŋ ‘COLD / FREEZE’PCN *a-tshak ‘COLD’PLB *s-krak ⪤ *s-krok ‘COLD / DRIED OUT / LEFTOVER’PLB *m-graŋ ‘COLD’ n‘cold rice’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongmai◦chyk#443 PTB *m/s-glak ⪤ *m-glaŋ ‘COLD / FREEZE’PCN *a-tshak ‘COLD’PLB *s-krak ⪤ *s-krok ‘COLD / DRIED OUT / LEFTOVER’PLB *m-graŋ ‘COLD’ n‘cold rice’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongmai◦danmorpheme n‘new rice (just harvested)’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongmai◦kholnangmorpheme n‘unpeeled rice’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongmai◦khytmorpheme n‘burned rice’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongmai◦kungmorpheme n‘second rice harvest (in November)’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongmai◦rongmorpheme n‘husked rice, uncooked rice’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongmai◦senmorpheme n‘sticky rice in a banana leaf’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongmai◦tykmorpheme n‘pot for cooking rice’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphoma³³~mam³³morpheme ‘rice (plant)’Liu 84

3.2Qiangic2

Muya [Minyak]mi³³vu⁵⁵morpheme ‘rice (plant)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 186.15

Namuyimi³³ngi³¹morpheme ‘transplant (rice seedlings)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1172.46

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Gazhuoma³⁵ clf‘grain (of rice)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0845.47

Gazhuomi³³ v.‘cooked, be (rice) / done’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1637.47

Nusu (Central)me³³me³¹ n‘rice (paddy)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0403.34

Nusu (Central)me³³me³¹ n‘rice’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0439.34

Yi (Nanhua)mi³³ v.‘cooked, be (rice) / done’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1637.37

7Karenic10

*Karenmay ‘rice / paddy’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 057

*Karenmay ‘rice’Benedict 72 STC: 192n491

*Karenmɑy ‘rice (paddy)’Chou 72: 598a-c

Karenme³³ n‘rice (cooked)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0440.50

Karenmi̱⁵⁵ v.‘cooked, be (rice) / done’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1637.50

Palaychimə ‘rice (cooked)’Benedict 72 STC: 149n408

Pwome ‘boiled rice’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 057

Pwome ‘boiled rice’LaPolla 87: 190

Sgawme ‘rice / paddy’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 057

Sgawme ‘boiled rice’LaPolla 87: 190

8Bai5

Bai (Bijiang)mi³³ ‘rice (uncooked)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 390.37

Bai (Dali)me 3 ‘hulled rice’Dell 81: 184

Bai (Dali)me³³ ‘rice (uncooked)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 390.35

Bai (Jianchuan)me³³ n‘rice’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0439.48

Bai (Jianchuan)me³³ ‘rice (uncooked)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 390.36

9Sinitic2

Chinese (Hanzi)米 ‘rice grains, dehusked and polished’BaxterSagart 2011: 1899

Chinese (GSR #)0598a ‘rice grains, dehusked and polished’BaxterSagart 2011: 1899

9.0.1Old Chinese5

Chinese (Old/Mid)miei ‘rice / paddy’LaPolla 87: 190

Chinese (Old/Mid)miər ‘rice / paddy’LaPolla 87: 190

Chinese (Old/Mid)miər/miei ‘rice (paddy)’Chou 72: 598a-c

Chinese (Old)Cprefix.mˤijʔ ‘rice grains, dehusked and polished’BaxterSagart 2011: 1899

Chinese (Old)miər ‘rice / paddy’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 057

9.0.2Middle Chinese2

Chinese (Middle)mejX ‘rice grains, dehusked and polished’BaxterSagart 2011: 1899

Chinese (Middle)mieiː ‘rice / paddy’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 057

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Chinese (Mandarin)mǐ ‘rice grains, dehusked and polished’BaxterSagart 2011: 1899

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2445, *ma-y ⪤ *mey ‘RICE / PADDY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2445

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

References: cf. STC p.65, HPTB pp. 216, 217, 221, 231, 486, 511

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2445,
  title  = {{*ma-y ⪤ *mey 'RICE / PADDY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2445},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2445}
}