Reconstruction analysis
handlemyakprefixsinitialmyrhymeak / scoverM · TS
Intermediate reconstructions
Connections
Allofams
- 1 #33 *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’
- 1a #682 *s-mik ‘EYE’
- 1b #681 *s-myak ‘EYE’
HPTB*s-mik ⪤ *s-myak ‘eye’pp. 40, 63, 66, 99, 141, 319, 324, 327, 346, 347, 371, 496, 506, 527
See also*s-myak ‘EYE’
Notes
This is far and away the best attested root for EYE in TB.
Bai (Jianchuan) ŋui³³ can possibly be assigned to this root if we assume a development like *mik > **mʷik > **ŋʷi.
Reflexes & cognates28 reflexes · 6 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4
1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1
Yakhasimorpheme◦miːk#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ simorpheme◦miːk cokmaːmorpheme v‘blink’Kohn 90: 3.4.5
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1
Akhamyaˆ#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ nuiˆ#2067 PTB *s-nuk ‘BEAN / EYE’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BEAN’ myaˆ shehˆmorpheme ‘eyebrow’Matisoff 87 BP
7Karenic11
Bwemù#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-đomorpheme=mù-ká#1110 PTB *ka ‘BALL / EGG / TESTICLE / EYEBALL’ n‘face’Henderson 97 Kar
Pa-Okháŋ#336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’MesorootsPKar *khaŋᴮ ‘LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’ mɛ̀ʔ ‘ankle bone’Solnit 89 PaO
8Bai17
Bai (Dali)me⁶ mɔ⁶#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘eyebrow (cp. no. 220-221)’Dell 81: pp.150-169
Bai (Jianchuan)ŋuĩ³³ kæ⁵⁵#1110 PTB *ka ‘BALL / EGG / TESTICLE / EYEBALL’ ɕĩ⁵⁵morpheme kʰo³³morpheme ‘eyeball’Zhao 90: 3.4.2
Bai (Jianchuan)ŋui³³ me⁵⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘eyebrow’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)ŋuĩ³³ me⁵⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ tɕʰi³¹#1232 PTB *n-dzi-k ‘HAIR (HEAD)’PL *tsi¹ ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘eyelash’Zhao 90: 3.4.4
Bai (Jianchuan)ŋuĩ³³ me⁵⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ «tṽ̩³³»morpheme ‘eyebrow’Zhao 90: 3.4.3
Bai (Jianchuan)ŋuĩ³³ pe̱²¹#590 PTB *p(y)ik ‘SKIN / PEEL’PKar *pheɁᴰ ‘BARK (n.), LEATHER, SKIN’ ‘eyelid’Zhao 90: 3.4.1
Bai (Jianchuan)ŋuĩ³³ pʰo̱⁴⁴#1275 PTB *pu ‘BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT’Allofams1 #1168 PTB *pʷu ‘EGG / BIRD / ROUND OBJECT’1a #301 PTB *ʔu ‘EGG / BIRD’1b #1654 PTB *pu ‘EGG’1c #1275 PTB *pu ‘BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT’ ‘eye’Zhao 90: 3.4
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #33,
*s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/33Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PAF; STC#402
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-33,
title = {{*s-myak ⪤ *s-mik 'EYE'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #33},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/33}
}