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STEDT #2447

*r/s-mya-n

WEN / MOLE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*hmai ‘MOLE (on skin)’

Connections

HPTB*r-men ‘mole (blemish) / wen’pp. 81, 290, 296

Reflexes & cognates52 reflexes · 15 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanr-men ‘mole (blemish) / wen’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 601

*Tibeto-Burmanr-men ‘mole’Benedict 72 STC: 104

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Damu*m̥eja ‘mole (on skin)’Sun J 93 Tani

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Khezhame◦thìmorpheme v.‘wen, form / lump, form’Yabu 94 Khö: 8.2.3.5

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]men◦phrumorpheme ‘wart’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Bunanme◦wamorpheme ‘mole’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 8.2.3.3

Pattani [Manchati]mo◦khabmorpheme ‘blemish on skin’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 8.2.3

2.1.2Bodic2

Tshona (Mama)mi⁵⁵ wᴀ⁵³morpheme ‘mole’Sun H 80 MLD

Cuona Menbamiu⁵⁵ nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan14

Tibetan (Alike)rm̥e nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.05

Tibetan (Batang)m̥ia¹³ ‘mole’Dai 89 Bata: 8.2.3.3

Tibetan (Batang)m̥iɑ⁵⁵ nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.03

Tibetan (Lhasa)mɛ̃⁵⁵ (me⁵⁵wa⁵⁵) nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.02

Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)me◦wahmorpheme ‘mole’Bishop 89: 8.2.3.3

Spitimi◦yãmorpheme ‘mole’Bodh 91: 8.2.3.3

Tibetan (Written)rme-ba ‘mole on body’Luce 85: X.58

Tibetan (Written)rme-ba ‘speck, mark, mole’Benedict 72 STC: 104

Tibetan (Written)rmen -pamorpheme ‘wen; mole’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rmen-pamorpheme ⪤ śa#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’-rmen ‘gland, wen’Benedict 72 STC: 104

Tibetan (Written)s̀a#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’-rmen ‘gland; swelling of gland; wen’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)s̀a#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’-rmen ‘wen’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)sme ba nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.01

Tibetan (Xiahe)hme nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.04

2.1.4Tamangish2

Chantyalmo◦somorpheme ‘mole’Noonan 92: 8.2.3.3

Tamang (Risiangku)²mes n‘mole (on skin)’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 8.2.3

3.2Qiangic2

Qiang (Mawo)rmi◦mimorpheme ‘blemish on skin’Sun H 91 MawQ: 8.2.3

Qiang (Mawo)ʂpɑjmorpheme miɛ nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.08

3.3rGyalrongic5

Ergong (Daofu)me ‘mole’Dai 89 Daof: 8.2.3.3

Ergong (Danba)me ‘mole’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 8.2.3.3

Daofumi nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.12

Ergong (Northern)sme³³ wa³³morpheme ‘mole’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 8.2.3.3

Ergong (Northern)ɣmɛ⁵³ kʰɐ⁵³morpheme ‘blemish on skin’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 8.2.3

3.3.1rGyalrong4

rGyalrong (NW)rmɛ kʰemorpheme ‘blemish on skin’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.2.3

rGyalrong (NW)sme vemorpheme ‘mole’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.2.3.3

rGyalrongsmo wɛmorpheme ‘mole’Dai 89 Jiar: 8.2.3.3

rGyalrong (Northern)təmorpheme◦kmɛs ‘blemish on skin’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.2.3

6.1.1Burmish9

Achang (Xiandao)tʂap³¹morphememi³¹ nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.29

Bola (Luxi)mə̆³¹va³¹morpheme nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.32

Burmese (Written)hmaiʼ ‘mole ( on skin ) ( < hmañ' )’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)hmáń ‘mole’Benedict 72 STC: 104

Burmese (Written)hmañʼ ‘mole ( on body ) ( = hmai' )’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)hmɛ́ ‘mole’Benedict 72 STC: 79n241

Burmese (Written)m̥ɑi¹ nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.26

Lashiŋɔʔ³¹morpheme mui⁵⁵ ‘mole’Dai 89 Lash: 8.2.3.3

Leqi (Luxi)ŋɔʔ³¹morphememui⁵⁵ nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.33

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Jinuomɛ⁴⁴na⁴²morpheme nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.44

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish4

Hani (Mojiang)tshɿ̄³¹morphemetshɿ̄³¹morphememɛ³¹na³³morpheme nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.42

Mpimɑ⁶naŋʔ⁴morpheme ‘mole (on the face)’Srinuan 76

Ugongmɪŋ ‘blemish on skin’Bradley 93 Ugo: 8.2.3

Ugongmɪŋ ʔɛmorpheme ‘mole’Bradley 93 Ugo: 8.2.3.3

7Karenic5

*Karenhmai ‘mole (on skin)’Benedict 72 STC: 136n369

Bwemá◦θɪ́morpheme n‘mole (on the body)’Henderson 97 Kar

Bwemá◦θɪ́morpheme v.‘have a mole’Henderson 97 Kar

Karenmɛ̱³¹tθu̱⁵⁵morpheme nbp‘mole’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0122.50

Pa-Omá◦iʔ ‘mole on skin’Solnit 89 PaO

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2447, *r/s-mya-n ‘WEN / MOLE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2447

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

References: STC#104

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2447,
  title  = {{*r/s-mya-n 'WEN / MOLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2447},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2447}
}