STEDT #3425

*m-bay

PENIS

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

On the basis of the data so far available, this etymon has a fairly wide though scattered distribution, with reflexes in a single Himalayish language (Hayu), a few closely related Loloish languages (Noesu, Nosu, Nusu), and a couple of Qiangic languages (rGyalrong and Xixia). It is noteworthy that the nasal prefix is overtly attested in Hayu, rGyalrong, and Xixia, so that it may confidently be set up for PTB. This etymon is quite distinct from the most widely attested root for PENIS with nasal prefix, #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li PENIS above, as proven e.g. by the Hayu reflexes: *m-ley > Hayu mli, *m-be > Hayu -(m)be.

Reflexes & cognates16 reflexes · 4 subgroups

2.3.4Western Kiranti3

Hayukhõːmorpheme◦be ‘penis’Matisoff 87 BP

Hayukhomorpheme◦mbe ‘penis’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 138

Hayutsɩː°#1601 PTB *dzi ‘PENIS’◦pɩ n‘urine, penis’The relationship between the apparent Hayu doublet, -pɪ and -(m)be, is not clear.Michailovsky 89 H2: 72.1.109,

3.1Tangut2

Tangut [Xixia]mbeɦ ‘penis’Nishida 64 Tan: 211-112

Tangut [Xixia]mbɪn² ‘penis’Sofronov 97

3.3.1rGyalrong8

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦mbi ‘penis’Sun H 91 rNW: 10.3.1

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦mbi ku#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ ‘glans penis’Sun H 91 rNW: 10.3.2

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦mbi r̥tʰəmorpheme ‘semen’Sun H 91 rNW: 10.3.7

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦mbi r̥tʰəmorpheme kətəmorpheme v‘ejaculate’Sun H 91 rNW: 10.3.8

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦mbi tɕʰimmorpheme ‘foreskin’Sun H 91 rNW: 10.3.3

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mbu ndzommorpheme ‘glans penis’Sun H 91 rNQ: 10.3.2

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mbu r̥qʰu#586 PTB *s/r-kawk ⪤ *s/r-kwak ‘OUTER COVERING / SKIN / BARK / RIND’PTani *kruk ‘OUTER COVERING’ ‘foreskin’Sun H 91 rNQ: 10.3.3

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mbu tɕi#189 PTB *si ‘WATER’PTani *si ‘WATER’ ‘semen’Sun H 91 rNQ: 10.3.7

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3

Noesube³³ ‘penis’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.1

Nosube³³ ‘penis’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.1

Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)bɯ⁵⁵ ‘penis’Dai 89 NusA: 141.

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3425, *m-bay ‘PENIS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3425

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3425,
  title  = {{*m-bay 'PENIS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3425},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3425}
}