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STEDT #2778

*was

BEE / HONEY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*khuay-waʔ ‘HONEYBEE’

Connections

HPTB*was ‘bee / honey’pp. 432, 442

Notes

This root has so far only been found in Himalayish. The usual Tibeto-Burman word for HONEY is a compound meaning “bee-juice”.

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lai (Hakha)khûay vaʔ ‘honey bee’also contains *k/gwaːy ⪤ *k/gwaVanBik 09 PKC: 1153

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]khèi-vā n‘honey bee’also contains *k/gwaːy ⪤ *k/gwaVanBik 09 PKC: 1153

2.1.3Lepcha2

Lepchavót n.‘honey-bee’Plaisier 07 Lepcha
Lepchavot < wat ‘bee’Benedict 72 STC: 17n62

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Hayusiŋmorpheme-wo < -wa ‘bee’Benedict 72 STC: 17n62

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2778, *was ‘BEE / HONEY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2778
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC p.17, HPTB pp.432, 442
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2778,
  title  = {{*was 'BEE / HONEY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2778},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2778}
}