*s-mwəy

SPINDLE / TWIRL

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handles-mwprefixsinitial)mwrhymeiy=(s-)mcoverM · VNWS

Connections

HPTB*s-mwəy ‘spindle / twirl’p. 195

Chinese comparandum

麾 OC *χmwiɑ, GSR #17i ‘(signal) flag, pennant; signal (v.)’; Schuessler 2007:286 *hmai; Mand. huī.
徽 OC *χmi̯wər, GSR #584h ‘signal, display (v.); flag (n.)’; Schuessler 2007:286 *hməi; B & S 2011: *m̥əj; Mand. huī.

Comment: Regarding the OC/PTB semantic comparison here, note that a signal flag or pennant is typically brandished on a pole, and waved or whirled about.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 7 subgroups

Lushai [Mizo]hmui-thalmorpheme ‘cotton spindle worked with a wheel’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1149

Lushai [Mizo]hmui-thălmorpheme ⪤ hmui-thlurmorpheme ‘spindle’Benedict 72 STC: 195

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group2

Meluriamorpheme◦mu ‘spindle (cotton)’Marrison 67 Naga

Ntenyiaprefix◦mu ‘spindle (cotton)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group3

Liangmeikamorpheme-múi n.‘spindle’Weidert 87 TBTo: 335

Rongmei / Nruanghmeimui n.‘spindle’Weidert 87 TBTo: 335

Rongmei / Nruanghmeimui ‘spindle (cotton)’Marrison 67 Naga

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmeses-mwəy³ ‘twirl about’Weidert 87 TBTo: 335

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)hmwé ‘twirl about’Weidert 87 TBTo: 335

Burmese (Written)hmwé ‘twirl about’Benedict 72 STC: 195

Burmese (Written)hmweʼ ‘twirl about, whirl’Benedict 76 WBur

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2475, *s-mwəy ‘SPINDLE / TWIRL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2475

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

References: cf. STC#195, HPTB p.195

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2475,
  title  = {{*s-mwəy 'SPINDLE / TWIRL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2475},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2475}
}