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STEDT #3473

*m-brel

COPULATE / CONNECT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlebrelinitialbrrhymeelcoverP · L

Connections

HPTB*g-ral ‘equal / line up / connect in a row’p. 422

Notes

The basic meaning of this etymon seems to be ‘hang together; cohere; be connected; come together; meet, join’ (see the range of meanings in WT, Jäschke p. 402). It is attested chiefly in Himalayish, with apparently excellent Qiangic cognates. The nasal prefix is reflected by the WT a-chung (ḥ-), and directly by the Northern rGyalrong form. It is of course quite possible that the rGyalrong and Ergong forms are borrowings from Tibetan.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 4 subgroups

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)h̥brel-basuffix ‘copulate / join / be connected’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish9

Chantyalpɦe-wasuffix ‘copulate’Noonan 92: 10.2
Gurung (Ghachok)mehqmorpheme bral◦dibamorpheme ‘copulate (animals), have sexual intercourse (cows)’Glover 72 GuVo
Gurung (Ghachok)preh◦basuffix ‘copulate (animals), have sexual intercourse (animals)’Glover 72 GuVo
Gurung (Ghachok)prxe-basuffix ‘copulate’Gurung prxe-ba is cited in Noonan’s (1999) Chantyal Dictionary and Texts under ‘have sex’.Matisoff 87 BP
Tamang (Risiangku)⁴pja ‘copulate (of males)’Mazaudon 94 These: 702
Tamang (Sahu)ˊpyāh◦pāsuffix ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP
Thakali (Tukche)peh-lasuffix ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP
Thakali (Tukche)peh-lɔsuffix ‘copulate’Hari 71a ThVo: 2.B.2.13

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Daofu)ʔphə phə v.‘copulate’Dai 89 Daof: 10.2

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrong (Northern)təmorpheme◦kamorpheme mbrə mbro v‘copulate’Sun H 91 rNQ: 10.2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3473, *m-brel ‘COPULATE / CONNECT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3473
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("HIM")
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3473,
  title  = {{*m-brel 'COPULATE / CONNECT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3473},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3473}
}