*b/s-ni(y)

DRAWERS / PETTICOAT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanb-ni(y) ‘drawers, petticoat’Benedict 72 STC: 476

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]pini ‘petticoat, skirt, apron’Benedict 72 STC

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphonī ‘menstrual drawers’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 235

Jingphoni ⪤ əprefix◦ni ⪤ bə◦ni ‘drawers, menstruation cloth’Benedict 72 STC: 476

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)ăprefix◦hnì ‘diaper, anything spread out’Benedict 72 STC: 136n369

Burmese (Written)əprefix-hnî ‘anything spread out; diaper’Benedict 76 WBur

7Karenic1

*Karenhni ‘petticoat, skirt’Benedict 72 STC: 136n369

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2508, *b/s-ni(y) ‘DRAWERS / PETTICOAT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2508

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

References: STC#476

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2508,
  title  = {{*b/s-ni(y) 'DRAWERS / PETTICOAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2508},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2508}
}