Verbs of Motion, of Manipulation, and of Production › Action Verbs without Patient › Affect › To do/act

STEDT #2455

*mow

WORK / MOVE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlemowinitialmrhymeowcoverM · W

Connections

HPTB*mow ‘work / move’p. 224

Chinese comparandum

務 OC *mi̯ug, GSR #1109j ‘apply oneself, occupation, task’; Schuessler 2007:521 *moh; B & S 2011: *mo-s {m(r)o-s}; Mand. wù.
懋 OC *mug, GSR #1109f-g ‘make an effort, strive’; Schuessler 2007:521 *môh; Mand. mào.

Reflexes & cognates111 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanmow v.‘do’Weidert 87 TBTo: 193

*Tibeto-Burmanmow ‘work / move’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 602

*Tibeto-Burmanmow ‘move / work / do’Benedict 72 STC: 280

1.7.1.1Bodo20

Bodomau ‘work’Weidert 87 TBTo: 193

Bodomaw vi‘move; work; swing’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦brodmorpheme v‘have time to work’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦denmorpheme v‘begin to work’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦dobmorpheme v‘work perfectly’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦grumorpheme v‘work hastily’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦naŋmorpheme v‘work definitely’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦permorpheme v‘work habitually’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦raymorpheme v‘pretend to work’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦sumorpheme v‘work very much’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦tammorpheme v‘work completely’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦timorpheme v‘stick to work’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦təmorpheme v‘work for a while’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦zabmorpheme v‘work with someone or something’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomaw◦zəbmorpheme v‘do all the things or everyone to work’Bhat 68 Boro

Dimasamao v‘move’Marrison 67 Naga

Dimasamau ‘move’Benedict 72 STC: 280

Dimasasaprefix◦mao v‘move’Marrison 67 Naga

Dimasasaprefix◦mau ‘move, shake’Benedict 72 STC: 280

Mechemau ‘work / shake / shiver’Weidert 87 TBTo: 193

1.7.1.2Garo2

Garomo ‘move’Benedict 72 STC: 280

Garo (Bangladesh)mo-jimmorpheme-amorpheme vi‘move back and forth; shake’Burling 03 Garo: 9.255-II:idx

1.7.3.1Jingpho5

Jingphomu ⪤ əprefix◦mu ‘work, labor; affair, Matter’Benedict 72 STC: 280

Jingphoshaprefix◦mu v‘move’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphośəprefix◦mu ‘move, stir’Benedict 72 STC: 280

Jingphoʃă³¹prefixmu³³ v.‘move’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1285.19

Jingphoʔəprefix◦mú ‘work’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 278

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakrəmorpheme◦mɯ́ ‘move’Huziwara 08 Sak: 234

3.2Qiangic2

Qiang (Mianchi)mè CL‘matter, affair (three or fewer)’Evans 99 Qiang: 1269

Qiang (Mianchi)mè ‘batch (of matters)’Evans 99 Qiang: 1270

4Nungic1

Anongəprefix◦mu ‘labor, business matter’Benedict 72 STC: 280

6.1.1Burmish15

Achang (Longchuan)a⁵⁵prefixmu⁵⁵tien³⁵morpheme v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.28

Achang (Longchuan)mu⁵⁵lə³¹morpheme ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.41

Achang (Xiandao)mu⁵⁵lɤ³¹morpheme v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.29

Bola (Luxi)mu³⁵tui³¹morpheme v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.32

Burmese (Written)ăprefix◦hmú ‘business work, affair’Benedict 72 STC: 280

Burmese (Written)mu ‘work’Hansson 89 AHKP: 372

Burmese (Written)mu v.‘work’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 99

Burmese (Written)mu ‘do, perform’Benedict 72 STC: 280

Burmese (Written)ŭprefix◦mu ‘deed, action’Benedict 72 STC: 280

Burmese (Written)əprefix-hmuʼ ‘business, work’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)ʔəprefix◦hmu' n.‘work’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 99

Langsu (Luxi)mau⁵⁵tsɔi³¹morpheme v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.31

Leqi (Luxi)mo⁵⁵tsɿ³³morpheme v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.33

Maru [Langsu]mau⁵⁵tʃɔi³¹morpheme ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.43

Atsi [Zaiwa]mu⁵⁵tsui²¹morpheme v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.30

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishmi(aw)² ‘work’Bradley 79 PLo: 426A

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish16

Gazhuoȵo³¹morphemem³³ v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.47

Nusu (Bijiang)(liɑ³⁵morphemebɹɑʴ³⁵morpheme) mo̵³¹ ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.45

Yi (Liangshan)kɯ⁵⁵morphememu³³ ‘do (one's work)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)mo³³ ‘plow (cultivate); till (soil)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)mu³³ʦɿ⁵⁵morpheme ‘dig (cultivate)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)mu³⁴tʂo³³morpheme ‘plow (cultivate); re-plow’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)sɿ⁵⁵morphememu³³ ‘work’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)ȵo²¹morphememu³³ ‘labor (work); produce (make); work (labor)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)ɣɯ³³morphememu³³ ‘labor (work); manual labor, do’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)ɬu⁵⁵morphememu³³mo³³morphemeʨhi²¹morpheme ‘agricultural work’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Mile)nɯ²¹morphememo³³ ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.25

Yi (Nanhua)miᴀ²¹morphememu³³ ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.24

Yi (Nanjian)lo²¹morphemem̩(u̪)⁵⁵ ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.23

Yi (Weishan)ʔlɑ²¹morphemeʔm̩⁵⁵ v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.36

Yi (Wuding)ɳɒ⁵⁵morphememv̩¹¹ v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.38

Yi (Xide)ȵo²¹morphememu³³ v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish23

Jinuoɕa³³morphememɯ⁴² ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.34

Jinuoɕa⁵⁵morphemem̩⁴² v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.44

Kucongzʌ33morpheme mɯ31 ‘work’Dai 09 Kucong

Lahu (Black)mə³¹vᴀ⁵³morpheme ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.33

Lahu (Black)mɨ̀ ‘do work’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 99

Lisu (Northern)læʔ²¹#695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’MesorootsPTani *lak ‘HAND / ARM’PNN *glək ‘HAND’PLB *lakᴸ ‘HAND’PL *lakᴸ ‘HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’mi²¹ ‘hand work; job’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)læʔ²¹#695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’MesorootsPTani *lak ‘HAND / ARM’PNN *glək ‘HAND’PLB *lakᴸ ‘HAND’PL *lakᴸ ‘HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’mjø²¹ ‘hand work; job’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)mi²¹dɔ³³#2718 PTB *s-twak ‘COME OUT / GO OUT / EMERGE’PKC *tshuak-I, tshuaʔ-II ‘COME OUT / EMERGE / APPEAR’PTk *ʃok ‘EMERGE / EXIT / COME OUT’PLB *ʔ-twakᴴ ‘COME OUT, GO OUT, EMERGE’ ‘come out to work’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)mi²¹hwa⁵⁵morphemesu³³morpheme ‘skilled in work’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)mi²¹je³³morpheme ‘labour; do farming; work’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)mi²¹je³³morpheme wa²¹morphemephu²¹#2583 PTB *pəw ‘PRICE’PKC *phuu ‘DEBT / REVENGE’PLB *pəw² ‘PRICE’PL *po² ‘PRICE’ ‘work for pay; wages’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)mi²¹je³³morphemetɤ⁵⁵morpheme ‘worksite; place of work’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisumi³¹ʑe̱³³morpheme v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.40

Lisumi³¹ʒe³³morpheme ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.27

Lisu (Central)mi⁵ ye²morpheme v.‘cultivate (land)’Fraser 22

Lisu (Central)mi⁵ ye³morpheme v.‘labor / work’Fraser 22

Lisu (Central)mi⁵ ye³morpheme ‘work, do / cultivation’Fraser 22

Lisu (Central)mjø²¹dɔ³³#2718 PTB *s-twak ‘COME OUT / GO OUT / EMERGE’PKC *tshuak-I, tshuaʔ-II ‘COME OUT / EMERGE / APPEAR’PTk *ʃok ‘EMERGE / EXIT / COME OUT’PLB *ʔ-twakᴴ ‘COME OUT, GO OUT, EMERGE’ ‘come out to work’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)mjø²¹hwa⁵⁵morphemesu³³morpheme ‘skilled in work’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)mjø²¹je³³morpheme ‘labour; do farming; work’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)mjø²¹je³³morpheme wa²¹morphemephu²¹#2583 PTB *pəw ‘PRICE’PKC *phuu ‘DEBT / REVENGE’PLB *pəw² ‘PRICE’PL *po² ‘PRICE’ ‘work for pay; wages’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)mjø²¹je³³morphemetɤ⁵⁵morpheme ‘worksite; place of work’Bradley 94 Lisu

Yi (Sani)no⁵⁵morphemem̩³³ v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish11

Akhaḿ ‘work’Hansson 89 AHKP: 372

Akha (Thai)ḿ ‘work’Hansson 89 AHKP: 372

Akha (Yunnan)ḿ ‘work’Hansson 89 AHKP: 372

Hani (Dazhai)mjɔ³¹ȵe³¹morphemeɔ⁵⁵morpheme; lɔ³¹morphemetɔ²⁴morpheme ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.31

Hani (Lüchun)mi³¹ȵe³¹morpheme ɔ⁵⁵morpheme v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.41

Hani (Caiyuan)ja⁵⁵morphememi⁵⁵ ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.30

Hani (Pijo)mí ‘work’Hansson 89 AHKP: 372

Hani (Gelanghe)ja⁵⁵morphemem̩⁵⁵ ‘work / labor’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Shuikui)mu³¹xɔ⁵⁵morphemeɣu⁵⁵morpheme ‘work / labor’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 585.32

Hani (Khatu)mí ‘work’Hansson 89 AHKP: 372

Hani (Mojiang)mu³¹xɔ⁵⁵morpheme u⁵⁵morpheme v.‘work / labor’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1336.42

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish15

Azhamɞ²¹ ‘do (work)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 660

Azhanɨ²²morphememɞ²¹ ‘labor; work’Pelkey 11 Phula: 661

Azhanɨ²²morphememɞ²¹ ‘work’Pelkey 11 Phula: 662

Southern Mujimɯ³³ ‘do (work)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 660

Southern Mujinə²¹morphememu³³ ‘labor; work’Pelkey 11 Phula: 661

Southern Mujinə²¹morphememu³³ ‘work’Pelkey 11 Phula: 662

Pholamu³³ ‘do (work)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 660

Pholanɔ³¹morphememu³³ ‘labor; work’Pelkey 11 Phula: 661

Pholanɔ³¹morphememu³³ ‘work’Pelkey 11 Phula: 662

Hlepho Phowamo²¹ ‘do (work)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 660

Hlepho Phowanə³³morphememo²¹ ‘labor; work’Pelkey 11 Phula: 661

Hlepho Phowanə³³morphememo²¹ ‘work’Pelkey 11 Phula: 662

Phuzamɯ³¹ ‘do (work)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 660

Phuzanʌ³³morphememɯ³¹ ‘labor; work’Pelkey 11 Phula: 661

Phuzanʌ³³morphememɯ³¹ ‘work’Pelkey 11 Phula: 662

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2455, *mow ‘WORK / MOVE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2455

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

References: cf. HPTB p. 224, STC#280

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2455,
  title  = {{*mow 'WORK / MOVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2455},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2455}
}