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STEDT #2467

*muːm

BUD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*muːm ‘bud’p. 276

Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanmu:m ‘bud’Benedict 72 STC: 364

*Tibeto-Burmanmuːm ‘bud’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 603

1.1.1.1Western Tani2

Bokaraprefix-mum ‘bud, sprout (Ch. yá)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokaraprefix-mum len#6426 PTani *len ‘OUT (verbal particle)’ v‘bud’Sun J 93 Tani

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lushai [Mizo]kuhprefix-muːm ‘bud’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1355

Lushai [Mizo]kuhprefix◦mum n‘bud’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]kuʔprefix-muːm v.‘bud; bud (v.)’Benedict 72 STC: 364

Lushai [Mizo]mu-m ‘close (as a flower)’Benedict 72 STC: 364

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphomū-ūm v.‘bud’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 126

Jingphomu-um / məum v,n‘bud’Benedict 72 STC: 78n239

6.1.1Burmish6

Burmese (Written)aprefix◦mum ‘incipient bud’Benedict 72 STC: 364

Burmese (Written)muṁ v.‘begin to form, as bud’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)mum v.‘begin form, as a bud’Benedict 72 STC: 364

Burmese (Written)mum (<*mu-ʔum? v.‘bud’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 126

Burmese (Written)əprefix-muṁ n.‘incipient bud’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)əprefix-ŋuṁ n‘quantity taken into the mouth at once; a flower bud’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish8

We are assuming that these Northern Loloish forms with initial n- or ȵ- descend from this root, with secondary dentalization of the nasal.

Nusu (Central)ȵ̥u̱⁵³ nveg‘sprout / shoot’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0380.34

Nusu (Southern)ȵ̥u⁵⁵ ‘bud’Sun J 86 Nusu

Yi (Mile)i³³prefixnɯ²¹ ‘bud’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 226.25

Yi (Mile)nɯ²¹ v‘bud’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 788.25

Yi (Nanhua)nə³³ v.‘germinate / sprout’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1307.37

Yi (Nanhua)nɯ³³ v‘bud’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 788.24

Yi (Nanhua)ɕi̱³³morphemenɯ³³ ‘bud’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 226.24

Yi (Nanhua)ɕi̱³³morphemeȵiɔ³³ nveg‘sprout / shoot’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0380.37

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2467, *muːm ‘BUD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2467

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

References: STC#364, HPTB p.276

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2467,
  title  = {{*muːm 'BUD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2467},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2467}
}