*twəy

FLOW / SUPPURATE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletwiyinitialtwrhymeiy=twəycoverT · WT

Connections

HPTB*twəy ‘flow / suppurate’p. 194

HPTB*twəy-n ‘water / river’p. 451

Notes

This etymon certainly looks like it belongs with #298 PTB *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmantwiy ‘flow, suppurate’Benedict 72 STC: 167

*Tibeto-Burmantwəy ‘flow / suppurate’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 616

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphotwi ‘suppurate (as a boil)’Benedict 72 STC: 167

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)twe ‘flow moderately and incessantly’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 16

Burmese (Written)twe ‘flow incessantly’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)twe ‘flow moderately and incessantly’Benedict 72 STC: 167

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2719, *twəy ‘FLOW / SUPPURATE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2719

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

References: STC#167

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2719,
  title  = {{*twəy 'FLOW / SUPPURATE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2719},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2719}
}