STEDT
STEDT #3608

*pram

WHITE
Proto-Qiangic · provisional

Notes

This root is solidly established for rGyalrongic.
It is sometimes difficult to distinguish reflexes of this etymon from those of #1235 PTB *plu WHITE / SILVER / MONEY in Qiangic proper.

Reflexes & cognates80 reflexes · 3 subgroups

3.2Qiangic10

Muyatʂhø⁵³tʂhø³³ ‘white’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1006.15
Muya [Minyak]tʂhø⁵⁵tʂhø³³ ‘white’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 840.15
Pumi (Jiulong)phʐĩ⁵⁵lø⁵⁵morphemelø¹¹morpheme ‘white’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1006.10
Pumi (Qinghua)phʐə̃⁵⁵ ‘white’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 840.11
Pumi (Taoba)phʐã⁵⁵mə⁵³morpheme ‘white’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 840.10
Queyu (Xinlong)ptʂho⁵⁵ptʂho³³ ‘white’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1006.13
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]tʂhõ⁵⁵tʂhõ⁵⁵ ‘white’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 840.16
Zhaba (Daofu County)ptʂhi⁵⁵ptʂhi⁵⁵ ‘white’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1006.14

3.3.1rGyalrong68

rGyalrongprefix pram ‘white’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 840.12
Caodengprefix-ɣrəmʔ ‘white’Sun J 97 Cao
Caodengzndimʔ#5656 PTB *s-dim ‘CLOUD’ prefix-ɣrəmʔ ‘cloud (white)’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrongkAprefix pram ‘white’Nagano 97 GyQ: 169
rGBenzhenprefix-pram ‘white’Sun J 97 rGB

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3608, *pram ‘WHITE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3608
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("PQ")
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3608,
  title  = {{*pram 'WHITE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3608},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3608}
}