Reconstruction analysis
handlemoŋprefixsinitialmrhymeoŋcoverM · N
Notes
This root is of restricted occurrence, although the Lepcha / WB correspondence looks particularly good; Lepcha medial -y- is a frequent reflex of the PTB *s- prefix, as shown long ago in Benedict (1941), while the WB voiceless nasal has a similar origin.
The Tujia form is also provisionally assigned to this root.
Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups
2.1.3Lepcha1
5Tujia2
6.1.1Burmish1
Burmese (Written)myak#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-hmoŋ ‘forehead’Matisoff 87 BP
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #354,
*s-mawŋ ‘FOREHEAD’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/354Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-354,
title = {{*s-mawŋ 'FOREHEAD'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #354},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/354}
}