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STEDT #3470

*ywa

COPULATE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*yo ‘COPULATE’

Notes

This root was reconstructed for Proto-Tani by J. Sun (1993), but seems to have a wider distribution, both elsewhere in the NE Indian Areal Group (Konyak) and in Himalayish. The Konyak, Baima, and Spiti compounds look like they all have the same morphemic structure, with #3475 PTB *yaŋ LOVE / DESIRE / COPULATE [see below] as their second element.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanijo ‘copulate’Sun J 93 HCST: 81

1.1.1.1Western Tani5

Apatanií ‘copulate’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengniju ‘copulate’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokarjo ‘copulate’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokarjo-raːmorpheme ‘have sex’Sun J 93 Tani
Galoaprefix◦ya-namsuffix v‘love’Das Gupta 63 Gal

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani4

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]yo-shumorpheme ‘copulate’Abor-Miri -shu ‘REFLEXIVE’.Matisoff 87 BP
Damujoː ‘have sex’Sun J 93 Tani

2.1.2Bodic1

Baimaʒɔ¹³ iɔ¹³#3475 PTB *yaŋ ‘LOVE / DESIRE / COPULATE’ v‘copulate’The binomial roots Spiti jo je ‘copulate’ and Konyak ya yiang ‘love (v.)’ suggest that Baima ʒɔ¹³ belongs with #3470 PTB *ywa COPULATE, while iɔ¹³ descends rather from #3475 PTB *yaŋ LOVE / DESIRE / COPULATE.The binomial roots Spiti jo je ‘copulate’ and Konyak ya yiang ‘love (v.)’ suggest that Baima ʒɔ¹³ belongs with #3470 PTB *ywa COPULATE, while iɔ¹³ descends rather from #3475 PTB *yaŋ LOVE / DESIRE / COPULATE.Sun H 91 Baim: 10.2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3470, *ywa ‘COPULATE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3470
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: JS-HCST: 160
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3470,
  title  = {{*ywa 'COPULATE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3470},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3470}
}