*m-da

FERN / BRACKEN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Loloish*m-da¹ ‘FERN’

Connections

HPTB (PLB)*m-da¹ ‘fern / bracken’pp. 163, 164

Notes

This root has so far been attested mainly in Loloish, with a likely Kanauri cognate.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 6 subgroups

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Kanauridœ̄ n‘fern (kind of)’Bailey 11

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmesem-da¹ ‘fern / bracken’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 586

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishm-da¹ ‘fern’Bradley 79 PLo: 300-1

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3

Luquannt'u¹¹ n.‘fern’Ma 48 Lolo

Yi (Liangshan)nda³⁴bo³³morpheme ‘fern’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)nda³⁴n̥i³³morpheme ‘fern’Ma 08 Yi: index

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Lahu (Black)dà n‘fern’Matisoff 88 DL: p700

Lisu (Northern)da³³ɣɔʔ²¹morpheme N‘brake (fern)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)da³³ɣɔʔ²¹morpheme khɔ³⁵morphemegi⁵⁵morpheme N‘kind of fern, Pteridium aquilinum (tender ones)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)da³³ɣɔʔ²¹morpheme lɔ³⁵morphemebe²¹morpheme N‘kind of fern, Abacopteris multilineata’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)da³³ɣɔʔ²¹morpheme na⁵⁵morphemegi⁵⁵morpheme N‘kind of fern, Pteridium aquilinum (tender ones)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)da³³ɣɔʔ²¹morpheme si³⁵morphemedzi³³morpheme N‘kind of fern, Sago cycas’Bradley 94 Lisu

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish4

Southern Mujia³³prefixta²¹(-ma²¹morpheme) ‘fern’Pelkey 11 Phula: 244

Pholaⁿtɔ³³pɛ̠²³morpheme ‘fern’Pelkey 11 Phula: 244

Hlepho Phowaa³³prefixⁿda²¹ ‘fern’Pelkey 11 Phula: 244

Phuzaa⁵⁵prefixda³³bi³³morpheme ‘fern’Pelkey 11 Phula: 244

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3566, *m-da ‘FERN / BRACKEN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3566

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3566,
  title  = {{*m-da 'FERN / BRACKEN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3566},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3566}
}