Reconstruction analysis
handlebyatinitialb(y)rhymeatcoverP · T
Notes
The semantic range of this etymon is similar to that of English ‘breast’; i.e. it can refer to the general thoracic area (like ‘chest’), or specifically to a woman’s mammary gland. In Southern Loloish this root typically occurs after #3458 PTB *s-lwaŋ BREAST [q.v.]. The phonological resemblance of this root to #662 PTB *b(y)at VAGINA [q.v.] seems entirely fortuitous.
Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 5 subgroups
1.1.2Deng1
1.2.3Maraic1
Lailenpimə̆prefix◦hnɑu¹#253 PTB *s-nəw ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’MesorootsPKC *hnooy ‘BREAST’PTk *nu ‘BREAST’PKar *nu' ‘BREAST’PKar *nuᴮ ‘BREASTS’Allofams2 #3585 PTB *s-nəw(-) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’2a #253 PTB *s-nəw ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’2b #3586 PTB *s-nəw(t/n) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’2c #259 PTB *s-nəw(k/ŋ) ‘BREAST / MILK’◦bɛʔ¹ ‘breasts’Luce 85: P.17
1.7.1.2Garo1
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1
Yakhanuː#253 PTB *s-nəw ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’MesorootsPKC *hnooy ‘BREAST’PTk *nu ‘BREAST’PKar *nu' ‘BREAST’PKar *nuᴮ ‘BREASTS’Allofams2 #3585 PTB *s-nəw(-) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’2a #253 PTB *s-nəw ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’2b #3586 PTB *s-nəw(t/n) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’2c #259 PTB *s-nəw(k/ŋ) ‘BREAST / MILK’◦piʔ meʔmanamorpheme v‘nurse / suckle’Kohn 90: 5.4.6
6.2Naxi3
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #3463,
*b(y)at ‘BREAST / CHEST’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3463Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. #308 *pat 'chest'
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3463,
title = {{*b(y)at 'BREAST / CHEST'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3463},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3463}
}