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STEDT #302

*plyum

BEE / WASP
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*phrɨNᴬ ‘HORNET’TL#148
Karenic*pri̯umᴬ¹ ‘HORNET’

Chinese comparandum

Note WT bung ‘bee’ ≠ WT sbrang ‘bee, fly’ (Coblin).

蜂 OC *pʼi̯ung, GSR #1197s-t ‘bee’; B & S 2011: *pʰoŋ {pʰ(r)oŋ}; Mand. fēng.

Reflexes & cognates24 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetanbung ‘bee / wasp’Coblin 86: 40

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)bung-basuffix ‘bee’Coblin 86: 41

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Thulungplium ‘hornet <wasp>’Allen 75

7Karenic14

*KarenphrɨNᴬ ‘hornet’[Source note] In SK *phr- has become phl-.Luangthongkum 13: 148
Bwephlu⁵⁵ ‘hornet’Luangthongkum 13: 148
Kayahphlɨ³³ ‘hornet’Luangthongkum 13: 148
Kayanphrɨ⁵³ ‘hornet’Luangthongkum 13: 148
Kayan (Pekon)pʰryə́n◦mə̄nmorpheme N‘bee hive [lit. bee-?]’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayawphrɨ⁵⁵ ‘hornet’Luangthongkum 13: 148
Pa-Ophrùm ‘wasp, paper’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Ophrɨ̀m ‘wasp, paper (2)’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-O (Northern)phrɨm³¹¨ ‘hornet’Luangthongkum 13: 148
Pa-O (Southern)phrɨn³¹¨ ‘hornet’Luangthongkum 13: 148
Pwo (Northern)phlɑ̃³⁵ ‘hornet’Luangthongkum 13: 148
Pwo (Southern)phlə̃ɨ⁵³ ‘hornet’Luangthongkum 13: 148
Sgaw (Southern)phlɨ⁵⁵ ‘hornet’Luangthongkum 13: 148

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)pʼi̯ung/pʼi̯wong ‘bee / wasp / wasp-stung’Karlgren 57 GSR: 1197s-t
Chinese (Old)pʰoŋ {pʰ(r)oŋ} ‘bee’BaxterSagart 2011: 716

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese3

Chinese (Mandarin)mìmorpheme◦fēng ‘bee’Evans 91

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #302, *plyum ‘BEE / WASP’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/302
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: HPTB p.531
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-302,
  title  = {{*plyum 'BEE / WASP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #302},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/302}
}