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STEDT #2463

*(m/b)rəw

GRAIN / SEED / LINEAGE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Chinese comparandum

物 OC *mi̯wət, GSR #503h ‘variety, sort, class, thing; to sort’; Schuessler 2007:520 *mət; B & S 2011: *C.mut; Mand. wù.

Reflexes & cognates46 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanmruw ‘seed’Weidert 87 TBTo: 299

*Tibeto-Burmanmruw ‘grain, seed’Benedict 72 STC: 150

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphomyu ⪤ əprefix◦myu ‘kind, sort, tribe’Benedict 72 STC: 150

Jingphoʔəprefix◦myú ‘kind / sort’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 312

2.1.2Bodic1

Cuona Menbabru⁵³ n‘pit / stone’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0379.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan3

Tibetan (Written)ḥbru ‘grain, seed’Benedict 72 STC: 150

Tibetan (Written)ɦbru ‘seed’Weidert 87 TBTo: 299

Tibetan (Written)ɦbru gu ‘stone / pit’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 227.1

2.1.4Tamangish19

Gurungpluhq n‘seed’Hale 73 CSD: 01.024

Gurung (Ghachok)pluhq ‘seed’Glover 72 GuVo: 1.24

Gurung (Ghachok)pluh◦baq ‘scatter (seed)’Glover 72 GuVo: 6.B.1. 17

Gurung⁴plu ‘seed’Mazaudon 94 These: 738

Manang (Gyaru)blɯ³ ‘seed’Nagano 84 Man: 075

Manang (Prakaa)⁴pl̥u ‘seed’Hoshi 84: 0127

Manang (Prakaa)⁴pʰlu ‘seed’Mazaudon 94 These: 738

Tamang (Risiangku)⁴plu ‘seed’Mazaudon 94 These: 738

Tamang (Sahu)'pluh n‘seed’Hale 73 CSD: 01.024

Tamang (Sahu)'pluh ‘seed’Taylor 72 TmVo: 1.24

Tamang (Sahu)⁴plu ‘seed’Mazaudon 94 These: 738

Tamang (Taglung)⁴plu ‘seed’Mazaudon 94 These: 738

Thakali'pluh n‘seed’Hale 73 CSD: 01.024

Thakali (Marpha)⁵⁴plu ‘seed’Mazaudon 94 These: 738

Thakali (Syang)²¹plu ‘seed’Mazaudon 94 These: 738

Thakali (Tukche)'pluh ‘seed’Hari 71a ThVo: 1.24

Thakali (Tukche)'pluh tʰɔm-pɔ ‘seed bed’Hari 71a ThVo: 4.A.62

Thakali (Tukche)³mo ‘cloud’Mazaudon 94 These: 762

Thakali (Tukche)⁴plu ‘seed’Mazaudon 94 These: 738

3.2Qiangic3

Qiang (Longxi)ʁə̀ ‘wheat, barley, etc’Evans 99 Qiang: 524

Qiang (Longxi)ʁə̀ χémorpheme ‘awn of wheat’Evans 99 Qiang: 525

Qiang (Longxi)ʁə̀ χómorpheme ‘awn of wheat’Evans 99 Qiang: 525

6.1.1Burmish17

Achang (Luxi)a³¹prefixmjau³¹ ‘seed’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Xiandao)a³¹prefixɲau⁵¹ n‘seed’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0405.29

Bola (Luxi)a³¹prefixmjuŋ³¹ n‘seed’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0405.32

Burmese (Rangoon)mjo⁵⁵si⁵³#3559 PTB *dzəy ‘SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT’PKC *tsii ‘SEED / CROP’PKC *khlaay-tsii ‘SEED / CROP’PCN *ma-tʃəjʔ ‘SEED’PTk *tʰa ‘SEED’ n‘seed’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0405.27

Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)mjo⁵⁵si⁵³#3559 PTB *dzəy ‘SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT’PKC *tsii ‘SEED / CROP’PKC *khlaay-tsii ‘SEED / CROP’PCN *ma-tʃəjʔ ‘SEED’PTk *tʰa ‘SEED’ ‘seed’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 220.40

Burmese (Written)ăprefix◦myuì ‘race, lineage; kind, class, sort’Benedict 72 STC: 150

Burmese (Written)mjo³se¹#3559 PTB *dzəy ‘SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT’PKC *tsii ‘SEED / CROP’PKC *khlaay-tsii ‘SEED / CROP’PCN *ma-tʃəjʔ ‘SEED’PTk *tʰa ‘SEED’ n‘seed’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0405.26

Burmese (Written)mjo³se¹#3559 PTB *dzəy ‘SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT’PKC *tsii ‘SEED / CROP’PKC *khlaay-tsii ‘SEED / CROP’PCN *ma-tʃəjʔ ‘SEED’PTk *tʰa ‘SEED’ ‘seed’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 220.39

Burmese (Written)myuì ‘seed / grain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 299

Burmese (Written)myûi ‘seed, seed grain’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)myuì ‘seed’Benedict 72 STC: 150

Burmese (Written)myui:ce’ n‘seed’also contains *dzəyMarrison 67 Naga

Langsu (Luxi)mjuk⁵⁵ n‘seed’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0405.31

Leqi (Luxi)a³³prefixmjou³³ n‘seed’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0405.33

Maru [Langsu]mjuk⁵⁵ ‘seed’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 220.43

Atsi [Zaiwa]a²¹prefixmji²¹ n‘seed’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0405.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]a²¹prefixmji²¹ ‘seed’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 220.42

6.2Naxi1

Na (Yongning)ɻæ˩˧ ‘grain’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2463, *(m/b)rəw ‘GRAIN / SEED / LINEAGE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2463

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

References: STC p.43

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2463,
  title  = {{*(m/b)rəw 'GRAIN / SEED / LINEAGE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2463},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2463}
}