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STEDT #3337

*s-mi

ANUS / BUTTOCK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlemiinitialmrhymeicoverM · V

Notes

This etymon seems distinct from #1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray TAIL / PENIS.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.5Mikir [Karbi]7

Mikir [Karbi]-mí ‘tail’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 072

Mikir [Karbi]mi ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]mí ‘anus / rectum’Grüssner 79 BP: 170

Mikir [Karbi]mi ang#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’◦kokmorpheme ‘anus’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]mí-bóng#3331 PTB *m/b-gyu(ŋ/k) ‘TAIL / BACKSIDE’ ‘tail (of animal)’Grüssner 79 BP: 170

Mikir [Karbi]mí-lum#3324 PTB *(l/n)am ‘BACK (body)’◦bóng#404 PTB *(p/b)waŋ ‘HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / ANUS’ ‘buttocks’Grüssner 79 BP: 170

Mikir [Karbi]mi◦lum#3324 PTB *(l/n)am ‘BACK (body)’◦bong#404 PTB *(p/b)waŋ ‘HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / ANUS’ ‘buttock / haunch’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Magarmi-pu#398 PTB *m-pu ‘HIPS’PTk *pɐ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIP’◦Tha#406 PTB *s/m-ta ‘BACKSIDE / HIPS’ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

4Nungic1

Anongȵi³¹khu⁵⁵morpheme ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.44

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish4

Côông [Phunoi]hɲi tã#225 PTB *m-daŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ ‘buttock’Bradley 79 PLo

Côông [Phunoi]hɲi tã#225 PTB *m-daŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

Côông [Phunoi]hɲi³³ tɑ̃³³#225 PTB *m-daŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ ‘buttocks’Bradley xx Phu

Ugongnɪ́ khamorpheme ‘buttocks’Bradley 93 Ugo: 5.10.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3337, *s-mi ‘ANUS / BUTTOCK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3337

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

References: Attested: Magari, Mikir,Phunoi

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3337,
  title  = {{*s-mi 'ANUS / BUTTOCK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3337},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3337}
}