*wyan

VAGINA

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This is a speculative root, occurring only in Karbi, Tangut, and Bai.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]ven-the#1352 PTB *s/m-ti ‘CLITORIS / VAGINA’ ‘vagina’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]wen◦the#1352 PTB *s/m-ti ‘CLITORIS / VAGINA’ ‘vagina’Grüssner 79 BP: 217

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]tɪ#1352 PTB *s/m-ti ‘CLITORIS / VAGINA’◦wə̣¹ ‘vagina?’According to M. V. Sofronov 1978 there is some doubt as to the exact meaning of the Tangut graph he reconstructs here.Sofronov 97

8Bai1

Bai (Jianchuan)pi̱⁴⁴#662 PTB *b(y)at ‘VAGINA’ ʔuĩ³³ ‘vagina’Zhao 90: 10.4.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3429, *wyan ‘VAGINA’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3429

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

References: Mikir; Bai

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3429,
  title  = {{*wyan 'VAGINA'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3429},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3429}
}