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STEDT #2559

*ʔ-pəy

GRANDMOTHER

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlepiyinitialprhymeiy=pəycoverP · WT

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*pii ‘GRANDMOTHER’PKC #151

Tangkhulic*bɨ ‘GRANDMOTHER / MOTHER / AUNT / FEMALE’DRM#596

Connections

HPTB*ʔ-pəy ‘grandmother’pp. 191, 201

Chinese comparandum

妣 OC *pi̯ər, GSR #566a-f ‘mother (deceased), ancestress’; Coblin 86:88 ST *pyid > OC *pjidx; Schuessler 2007:162 *piʔ~*pih; B & S 2011: *pijʔ~*pijʔ-s ; Mand. bǐ~bì.

Reflexes & cognates63 reflexes · 17 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetanpyid ‘grandmother / ancestress’Coblin 86: 88

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)6

*Tibeto-Burmanpiy ‘great-grandfather / grandmother’Weidert 87 TBTo: 281

*Tibeto-Burmanpiy ‘grandmother’LaPolla 87: 65

*Tibeto-Burmanpiy ‘grandmother’Benedict 72 STC: 36

*Tibeto-Burmanpəy ‘grandmother’Chou 72: 566n-o

*Tibeto-Burmanpəy ‘great-grandfather / grandmother’Weidert 87 TBTo: 281

*Tibeto-Burmanʔ-pəy ‘grandmother’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 607

Lushai [Mizo]pí ‘grandmother, great grandmother’VanBik 09 PKC: 151

Lushai [Mizo]pi ‘grandmother; greatgrandmother; maternal uncle's wi’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1380

Lushai [Mizo]pi ‘grandmother’LaPolla 87: 65

Lushai [Mizo]pi ‘grandmother’Benedict 72 STC: 36

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]pì ‘grandfather’VanBik 09 PKC: 151

1.3.4Tangkhulic7

*Tangkhulicbɨ ‘grandmother / mother / aunt / female’Mortensen 12 Tk: 596

Champhungimorpheme-pe ‘mother’Brown 37 Indo

Kachaiʔamorpheme-we ‘mother’Mortensen 12 Tk: People.007

Tangkhul (Northern)amorpheme-pʰɯ ‘mother’Brown 37 Indo

Tangkhul (Standard)amorpheme-vɯ ‘mother’Brown 37 Indo

Tusomxu#1006 PTB *pʷak ‘PIG’PKC *wok ‘PIG’PTk *hwok ‘PIG’PNN *wak ‘PIG’TGTM *ᴮɖwa ‘PIG’PLB *wakᴸ ‘PIG’PKar *thɔʔ / tháuʔ ‘PIG’PKar *thɔɁᴰ ‘PIG’PKar *thɔɁᴰmiᴬ ‘BOAR (WILD~)’PBai *te ‘PIG’-pvɯ ‘pig, female’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.028

Ukhrulʔamorpheme-vu ‘mother’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]phi ‘grandmother’Benedict 72 STC: 36

Mikir [Karbi]sar#7181 PTB *sar ‘OLD (of things)’PKC *tar ‘OLD / SENILE’PTk *saar ‘OLD’PLB *san² ‘OLD (of things)’PKar *saʔ ‘OLD (of people)’◦pi ‘old woman’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garoa(m)bi ‘grandmother’prefixBenedict 72 STC: 36

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Kanauria-pi ‘grandmother’Benedict 72 STC: 36

2.1.2.1Tibetan9

Tibetan (Balti)amorpheme◦pi· ‘grandmother’Rangan 75: 21

Tibetan (Balti)amorpheme◦pi· ‘grandmother’Rangan 75: 47

Tibetan (Balti)amorpheme◦pi· ‘grandmother’Rangan 75: 51

Tibetan (Written)ḥaprefix-phyi ⪤ phyi-mosuffix ‘grandmother’Benedict 72 STC: 36

Tibetan (Written)phyi-momorpheme ‘grandmother’Weidert 87 TBTo: 281

Tibetan (Written)ʔamorpheme phji n‘grandmother’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0217.01

Tibetan (Written)ʔamorpheme phji ‘grandmother’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 318.1

Tibetan (Written)ʔamorpheme-phyi ‘grandmother’Weidert 87 TBTo: 281

Tibetan (Written)ʔamorpheme-phyi~phyi-momorpheme ‘grandmother’LaPolla 87: 65

2.3.4Western Kiranti2

Bahingpi-pi ‘grandmother’Benedict 72 STC: 36

Hayupi-pi ‘grandmother’Benedict 72 STC: 36

6.1.1Burmish4

Burmese (Written)aprefix◦phè-másuffix ‘great grandmother’LaPolla 87: 65

Burmese (Written)ăprefix◦phè-másuffix ‘great-grandmother’Benedict 72 STC: 36

Leqi (Luxi)phji⁵⁵maŋ³³#2440 PTB *maŋ ‘BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD’PLB *maŋ² ‘OLD (of people)’ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.33

Maru [Langsu]a³¹prefixphjik⁵⁵ ‘grandmother’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 318.43

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3

Laloàprefix-phì-mò#2440 PTB *maŋ ‘BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD’PLB *maŋ² ‘OLD (of people)’ ‘old woman’Björverud 94

Yi (Weishan)a²¹prefixfi²¹m̩²¹#2440 PTB *maŋ ‘BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD’PLB *maŋ² ‘OLD (of people)’ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.36

Yi (Wuding)ɑ⁵⁵prefixphi³³mɒ⁵⁵#2440 PTB *maŋ ‘BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD’PLB *maŋ² ‘OLD (of people)’ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.38

6.1.2.2Central Loloish11

Jinuoa⁴⁴prefixphi⁴⁴jo⁴²morphemekha⁴²#2228 PTB *r-ga ‘OLD’ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.44

Kuconga31prefix bi35 mʌ33#1619 PTB *ma ‘FEMALE / MOTHER / PRINCIPAL PART / FEMININE SUFFIX’PL *C-ma³ ‘FEMALE SUFFIX’PKar *məᴮ ‘MOTHER, FEMALE (OF ANIMALS)’ ‘old woman’Dai 09 Kucong

Lahuaprefix-pi ‘grandmother’LaPolla 87: 65

Lahuaprefix-pi ‘grandmother’Benedict 72 STC: 121n335

Lahuaprefix-pi ‘grand-mother’Benedict 72 STC: 36

Lahu (Lancang)ɑ³³prefix pi³³ qu³³morpheme n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.43

Lahu (Lancang)ɑ³³prefixpi³³ n‘grandmother (reference)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0217.43

Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’pi³³ n‘grandmother (address)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0217.43

Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’pi³³ n‘mother-in-law’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0246.43

Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹prefixpi³³ ‘grandmother’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 318.33

Yi (Sani)ɒ⁵⁵prefixphɪ¹¹mo¹¹#2440 PTB *maŋ ‘BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD’PLB *maŋ² ‘OLD (of people)’ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish10

Akha (Thai)àprefix◦phì ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 99

Akha (Yunnan)àprefix◦phì ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 99

Akha (Thai)àprefix◦phì zàmorpheme mɔ̀#2440 PTB *maŋ ‘BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD’PLB *maŋ² ‘OLD (of people)’ ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 274

Bisujàmorpheme◦bì◦jàmorpheme◦màŋ#2440 PTB *maŋ ‘BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD’PLB *maŋ² ‘OLD (of people)’ ‘old woman’Bradley 9x Bisu

Hani (Lüchun)àprefix◦phì ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 99

Hani (Lüchun)àprefix◦phì tshó#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ mò#2440 PTB *maŋ ‘BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD’PLB *maŋ² ‘OLD (of people)’ ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 274

Hani (Lüchun)a³¹prefixphi³¹tsho⁵⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mo³¹#2440 PTB *maŋ ‘BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD’PLB *maŋ² ‘OLD (of people)’ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.41

Hani (Wordlist)aqprefix◦piq- ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 99

Hani (Wordlist)aqprefix◦piq◦ssaqmorpheme◦moq#2440 PTB *maŋ ‘BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD’PLB *maŋ² ‘OLD (of people)’ ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 274

Hani (Mojiang)ɔ³¹prefixphi³¹zɔ³¹morphememu³¹#2440 PTB *maŋ ‘BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD’PLB *maŋ² ‘OLD (of people)’ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.42

9.0.1Old Chinese4

Chinese (Old/Mid)pi̯ər/pji- ‘mother (deceased)’Karlgren 57 GSR: 566a-f

Chinese (Old/Mid)pi̯ər/pji: ‘mother (deceased)’Karlgren 57 GSR: 566a-f

Chinese (Old/Mid)pi̯ər/pyi ‘deceased mother / ancestress’Chou 72: 566n-o

Chinese (Old)pjijʔ ‘deceased mother / ancestress’Baxter 92: 1205

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2559, *ʔ-pəy ‘GRANDMOTHER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2559

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

References: cf. STC#036, HPTB pp.191, 201

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2559,
  title  = {{*ʔ-pəy 'GRANDMOTHER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2559},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2559}
}