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STEDT #2590

*pyaw

SWIM / FLOAT / RAFT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

There are several good Chinese comparanda to this root, including GSR #136d, 1157i, 1233k, and 1233l (see below).

Chinese comparandum

柎 OC *pi̯u, GSR #136d ‘raft’; Mand. fú.
泭 *p’i̯u 136h
漂 OC *p’i̯og, GSR #1157i ‘to float, drift’; Mand. piāo.
桴 OC *p’iŭg, GSR #1233k ‘raft; beam’; Mand. fú.
浮 OC *bʼi̯ôg, GSR #1233l ‘to float’; B & S 2011: *m.bu {*m.b(r)u}; Mand. fú.

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanpyaw ‘fly, swim, float’Benedict 72 STC: 176

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphopyau ⪤ byau ‘fly, float; play, shoot, as a fish’Benedict 72 STC: 176

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)ḥphyo-basuffix ‘swim, soar, float’Benedict 72 STC: 176

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old)m.bu {m.b(r)u} v.‘float’BaxterSagart 2011: 743

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2590, *pyaw ‘SWIM / FLOAT / RAFT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2590
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#176
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2590,
  title  = {{*pyaw 'SWIM / FLOAT / RAFT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2590},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2590}
}