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STEDT #2548

*s/m-p(ʷ)a

PATCH / MEND / SEW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlepainitialprhymeacoverP · V

Connections

HPTB*pʷa ‘patch / sew’p. 61

Notes

The two prefixes in this reconstruction are attested in Qiangic/rGyalrongic.

For a discussion of the “extrusional” -ʷ- in this root, see Matisoff 2000:22.

Chinese comparandum

補 OC *pwo, GSR #102c’ ‘supplement, mend, repair’; Schuessler 2007:172 *pâʔ or *mpâʔ; B & S 2011: *Cə-pˁaʔ; Mand. bǔ.

Reflexes & cognates66 reflexes · 17 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.1.1.1Western Tani2

Apataniúmorpheme-bùmorpheme pjà ‘mend’Sun J 93 Tani

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphokă³¹morphemepa̱³¹ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.19
Jingphokă³¹morphemepa³¹ ‘patch’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 653.47
Jingphokă¹morphemepa̱³¹ ‘patch’Liu 84
Jingphokəmorpheme◦pà ‘mend, patch’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 91

3.2Qiangic16

Ersupɛ³³pɛ⁵⁵ ‘patch’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 653.18
Lyuzupe⁵³pe⁵³ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.18
Muyathɐ⁵⁵morphemephe⁵³læ³³morpheme ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.15
Muya [Minyak]phe³⁵lɛ³³morpheme ‘patch’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 653.15
Pumi (Jiulong)pha¹¹la¹¹morphemede³⁵morpheme ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.10
Pumi (Lanping)xə¹³morphemefphɛ¹³ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.09
Pumi (Qinghua)xə¹³morphemesphɛ¹³ ‘patch’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 653.11
Pumi (Taoba)xə³⁵morphemephiɛ³⁵ ‘patch’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 653.10
Qiang (Longxi)pà qómorpheme n.‘patch’Evans 99 Qiang: 636
Qiang (Mawo)ʂpɛ tɛmorpheme ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.08
Qiang (Mianchi)pɛ̀ tʂhìmorpheme n.‘patch’Evans 99 Qiang: 636
Queyu (Xinlong)sphɛ⁵⁵liɛ⁵⁵morpheme kɯ⁵⁵morphemerə³³morpheme ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.13
Xumiu⁵⁵ ‘patch’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 653.20
Xumiʔu⁵³ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.17

3.3rGyalrongic1

Daofuphe lemorpheme ncçhəmorpheme ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.12

3.3.1rGyalrong5

rGyalrongkaprefix mphi ‘patch’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 653.12
Caodengkɐ́morpheme-ʃpʰɐs ‘patch up’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrong (Maerkang)kɑmorpheme mphji ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.11
Caodengtɐ́prefix-ʃpʰɐs n‘patch’Sun J 97 Cao
rGBenzhentɐprefix-mpʰji n‘patch’Sun J 97 rGB

5Tujia3

Tujia (Northern)phu³⁵ ‘patch (clothing)’Tian 86
Tujiaphu³⁵ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.49
Tujiaphu³⁵ ‘patch’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 653.38

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

6.1.1Burmish19

Achang (Lianghe)phɑ⁵⁵ ‘patch’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)phɔ⁵⁵ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.28
Achang (Luxi)pha³⁵ ‘patch’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)phɔ⁵⁵ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.29
Bola (Luxi)pha⁵⁵ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.32
Burmese (Rangoon)phɑ²² ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.27
Burmese (Written)pha ‘mend a breach, close a hole by patching’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)phɑɑ² ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.26
Burmese (Written)əprefix-pha n.‘patch’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)ʔəprefix◦pha (n.) ‘patch / mend’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 91
Leqi (Luxi)phɔː³³ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.33
Atsi [Zaiwa]pho⁵¹ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.30

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Nusu (Central)pha³³ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.34
Nusu (Northern)pha³¹ ‘patch’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Southern)phɔ⁵⁵ ‘patch’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Liangshan)du⁵⁵morphemepha³³ ‘patch’Ma 08 Yi: index

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Lisupe̱³³ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.40
Lisupe⁴⁴ ‘patch’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 653.27

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Mpipa⁵ v.‘patch’Srinuan 76

6.2Naxi2

Naxifv̩⁵⁵ ‘patch (clothing)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1161.45

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)pwo v.‘supplement, mend, repair’Karlgren 57 GSR: 102c'
Chinese (Old)Cə-pˤaʔ v.‘patch’BaxterSagart 2011: 178

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2548, *s/m-p(ʷ)a ‘PATCH / MEND / SEW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2548
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC p.122, HPTB p. 61
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2548,
  title  = {{*s/m-p(ʷ)a 'PATCH / MEND / SEW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2548},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2548}
}