STEDT
STEDT #363

*s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal

HAIR / FUR / FEATHER

Reconstruction analysis

handles/r-mprefixsinitialm(rhymeu/i/ya)lcoverM · LW

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’PKC #770

Connections

Allofams
HPTB*s-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘hair (body) / fur / feather’pp. 83, 384, 386, 388, 414, 419, 423, 496, 501, 505, 506, 508
HPTB (PLB)*ʔ-məw¹ ‘body hair’pp. 40, 100

Notes

Although a number of rGyalrongic forms apparently descend from this root, many others are better assigned to a prototype with front vowel, i.e. #368 PTB *r-(n/m)ey HAIR OF HEAD.

Chinese comparandum

OC *mi̯ər GSR #567a-c; B & S 2011 *mrər; Mand. méi.
OC *mog, GSR 1137a-b; B & S 2011 *C.mˁaw; Mand. máo.

Reflexes & cognates987 reflexes · 53 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)10

*Tibeto-Burman(r-)mul ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 158
*Tibeto-Burman(s-)mil ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 158
*Tibeto-Burman(s-)mul ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 261
*Tibeto-Burman(s-)mul*prefix(r-)mul ‘body hair, fur, feathers’Benedict 72 STC: 2
*Tibeto-Burman(s-)mul~(r-)mul ‘hair’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 81
*Tibeto-Burmanmul ‘hair / fur’LaPolla 87: 90
*Tibeto-Burmanr-mul ‘hair / fur / feathers’Chou 72: 1137a-b
*Tibeto-Burmans-muls-mils-myal ‘hair (body) / fur / feather’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 603
*Tibeto-Burmans/r-mul ~ s-mil ‘eyebrow’Chou 72: 567a-c

1NE Indian Areal Group2

Mijiñiwmorphememjuʔ ‘moustache’Simon 79 Miji

1.1“North Assam”1

Sulung [Puroik]kə³³prefixtuȶ³³morphememuȵ³³ ‘beard’Sun H 93 SulQ

1.1.1.1Western Tani22

Bengninap#470 PTB *nap ‘MOUTH’- [nam-mɯʰ] ‘moustache’Sun J 93 Tani

1.1.2Deng27

Darang [Taraon]m̩⁵⁵ ‘fur’Sun H 80 MLD
Darang [Taraon]m̩⁵⁵ ‘feathers’Sun H 80 MLD
Darang [Taraon]m̩⁵⁵ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.22
Darang [Taraon]m̩⁵⁵ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.49
Darang [Taraon]um ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Darang [Taraon]um ‘hair of the body’Anonymous xx Tar
Iduemorphemepomorphememo ‘eyebrow’Pulu 78
Idueprefixpomorphememo ‘eyebrow’Anonymous 62 Idu
Iduʔi⁵⁵prefixɦuŋ³¹morphememu⁵⁵ ‘beard’Sun H 91 IduQ: 8.1.2.1

1.2Kuki-Chin5

*Chinmul ⪤ hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’VanBik 09 PKC: 770
Analhmul ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Analmhɔ́l ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 158
Chinbokmu ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Thanphumăprefixmɤn⁵ ‘hair on body, feathers’Luce 85: P.17

1.2.1.1Northern Chin23

Kuki-Chinbengmorphemekhajummorpheme mul ‘whiskers (of animal)’Haokip 98: 8.1.7
Kuki-Chinbengmorphememul ‘facial hair’Haokip 98: 8.1.2
Kuki-Chinganchamorpheme muhmorphememul ‘mane (of horse, lion)’Haokip 98: 8.1.6
Kuki-Chinjahnoimorphememul ‘underarm hair’Haokip 98: 8.1.3.1
Kuki-Chinkhamorphememul ‘beard’Haokip 98: 8.1.2.1
Kuki-Chinmul ‘hair (general)’Haokip 98: 8.1
Kuki-Chinmul ‘body hair’Haokip 98: 8.1.3
Kuki-Chinsamorphememul ‘fur (of animal)’Haokip 98: 8.1.4
Sizangmul ‘animal's hair’VanBik 09 PKC: 770
Thadomûl ‘body hair’VanBik 09 PKC: 770
Thadoxʌ̄morphememùl ‘beard’Thirumalai 72: 42
Tiddimmǔl ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 25
Tiddimmul ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Tiddimmul¹ ‘hair, feather’VanBik 09 PKC: 770
Tiddimmul¹ ‘hair; feather’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1150
Tiddimmᴜl³ ‘hair on body, feathers’Luce 85: P.17

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin15

Asho (Sandoway)ăˋprefix hmɔ² ‘hair on body, feathers’Luce 85: P.17
Chinbonprefix ‘feather’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 45
Cho (Mindat)mu be v.‘hairy, to have feathers on (birds)’VanBik 09 PKC: 770
Awa Khumiăprefixmü² ‘hair on body, feathers’Luce 85: P.17
Khumimuiʔ ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Khumimuuy ‘body hair’VanBik 09 PKC: 770
Khumiprefixvómorpheme.muⁱ ‘feather’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 45
Khumi (Ahraing)muɪ¹ ‘hair on body, feathers’Luce 85: P.17
Matuprefixmul ‘feather’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 45
Matupimul⁴ ‘hair on body, feathers’Luce 85: P.17
Mkaangmïⁱ ‘feather’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 45
Ngmüünlu̥morphememu ‘hair’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 80
Ngmüünʔkʰamorphememu ́ ‘feather’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 45
Nyhmoyelumorpheme.mu ‘hair’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 80
Womatumũ¹ ‘hair on body, feathers’Luce 85: P.17

1.2.2Central Chin20

Khualsimhmül² ‘hair on body, feathers’Luce 85: P.17
Khualsimhmᴜl² ‘hair on body, feathers’Luce 85: P.17
Lai (Hakha)hmul ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Lai (Hakha)hmûl ‘hair (body)’VanBik 09 PKC: 770
Lai (Falam)hmúl ‘hair (body)’VanBik 09 PKC: 770
Lai (Hakha)hmul⁵ ‘hair on body, feathers’Luce 85: P.17
Laizohmul ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Lushai [Mizo]hmǔl ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 158
Lushai [Mizo]hmul ‘hair (of body)’Marrison 67 Naga
Lushai [Mizo]hmul ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Lushai [Mizo]hmǔl ‘hair, fur, wool, feathers, plumage’VanBik 09 PKC: 770
Lushai [Mizo]hmul ‘hair / fur’LaPolla 87: 90
Lushai [Mizo]hmul ‘body hair, fur, feathers’Benedict 72 STC: 2
Lushai [Mizo]hmᴜl³ ‘hair on body, feathers’Luce 85: P.17

1.2.4“Old Kuki”44

Kom Remkəčumorpheme mih ‘underarm hair’Toba 91 KRQ: 8.1.3.1
Kom Remlopmorpheme mih ‘chest hair’Toba 91 KRQ: 8.1.3.2
Kom Rem ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 158
Kom Remmih ‘hair (general)’Toba 91 KRQ: 8.1
Kom Remmih inkinmorpheme ‘cowlick (flexure in hair)’Toba 91 KRQ: 8.1.1.1
Kom Remmorpheme mih ‘fur (of animal)’Toba 91 KRQ: 8.1.4
Kom Remtʰəmbemorpheme mih ‘whiskers (of animal)’Toba 91 KRQ: 8.1.7
Moyonkhìmorpheme mòw ~ khimorpheme mòwr ‘leg hair’Kosha 90: 8.1.3.3
Moyonkæ̀ŋkrikmorphememówr ‘underarm hair’Kosha 90: 8.1.3.1
Moyonlbúŋmorpheme mòwr ‘mane (of horse, lion)’Kosha 90: 8.1.6
Moyonmòwr ‘hair (general) of all parts of’Kosha 90: 8.1
Moyonmòwr ‘body hair’Kosha 90: 8.1.3
Moyonmæ̀#1114 PTB *s-ma-ŋ ‘BEARD / MOUSTACHE’mòwr ~ mæmòwr ‘beard / moustache’Kosha 90: 8.1.2
Moyonšʌ̀morphememòwr ~ šʌmorphememòwr ‘fur (of animal)’Kosha 90: 8.1.4
Sorbungcùmorphemebláamorphememíi ‘hair, underarm’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.235
Sorbungjàŋmorphememìi ‘hair, male pubic’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.317
Sorbungmòrmorphememíi ‘hair, facial’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.230
Sorbungʃirmorphememìi ‘hair, female pubic’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.325
Sorbungʔəprefixmíi ‘hair (general)’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.227
Sorbungʔəmorphememíi ‘hair, body’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.234
Sorbungʔəprefixmíi ‘feather (of bird)’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.239

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringwamorphemekamorphememul ‘feather’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group39

Angami Naga⁵uprefix⁵mie ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 158
Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix tho⁵⁵morpheme mia⁵⁵ ‘male pubic hair’Nienu 90 AngQ: 10.3.6
Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix zho¹¹morpheme khro³¹morpheme mia⁵⁵ ‘underarm hair’Nienu 90 AngQ: 8.1.3.1
Angami (Kohima)pe³¹morpheme ra³¹morpheme mia⁵⁵ ‘feather (of bird)’Nienu 90 AngQ: 8.1.5
Angami (Kohima)uprefixmie ‘hair (of body)’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokriuprefixma ‘hair (of body)’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokri⁴ma ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 261
Khezhamorphememhí ‘feather (of bird)’Yabu 94 Khö: 8.1.5
Khezha¹emorpheme¹mhi ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 261
Khezhaʼèmorphememhì ‘hair, body’Yabu 94 Khö: 8.1.3
Khezhaʼèprefixmhì ‘fur (of animal)’Yabu 94 Khö: 8.1.3
Khezhaʼeprefixmhì ‘feather (of bird)’Yabu 94 Khö: 8.1.5
Maoomorphememei ‘hair (of body)’Marrison 67 Naga
Mao²omorpheme³mei ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 261
Ntenyikimorphemenyün ‘hair (of body)’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengma ‘hair (of body)’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]achomorpheme mhi ‘hair (male, pubic)’Achumi 98: 10.3.6
Sema [Sumi]agimorpheme-mhi ‘hair (facial)’Achumi 98: 8.1.2
Sema [Sumi]akichimorpheme-mhi ‘moustache’Achumi 98: 8.1.2.3
Sema [Sumi]amomorpheme mhi ‘hair (female, pubic)’Achumi 98: 10.4.5
Sema [Sumi]amükhümorpheme mhi ‘beard’Achumi 98: 8.1.2.1
Sema [Sumi]amukhümorpheme mhi ‘goatee’Achumi 98: 8.1.2.2
Sema [Sumi]amulamorpheme mhi ‘chest hair’Achumi 98: 8.1.3.2
Sema [Sumi]angimorpheme-mhi ‘nose hair’Achumi 98: 3.5.4
Sema [Sumi]apukhumorpheme mhi ‘leg hair’Achumi 98: 8.1.3.3
Sema [Sumi]aprefixmhi ‘feather’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]aprefixmhi ‘hair (of body)’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]aprefixmhi ‘body hair’Achumi 98: 8.1.3
Sema [Sumi]aprefixmhi ‘fur (of animal)’Achumi 98: 8.1.4
Sema [Sumi]aprefixmhi ‘feather (of bird)’Achumi 98: 8.1.5
Sema [Sumi]aprefixmhi ‘mane (of horse, lion)’Achumi 98: 8.1.6

1.4Meithei2

Meitheimun ‘male / female pubic hair’Singh 91 MeiQ: 10.3.6
Meitheimun ‘female / male pubic hair’Singh 91 MeiQ: 10.4.5

1.5Mikir [Karbi]14

Mikir [Karbi]chemorphemethók#359 PTB *tuk ⪤ *twak ‘HEAD / SKULL / NECK’ a-.ŋprefix ‘mane (of horse, lion)’Grüssner 79 BP: 61
Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix ‘body hair’Grüssner 79 BP: 28
Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix ‘fur (of animal)’Grüssner 79 BP: 28
Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix kamorpheme-.ngdùkmorpheme ‘feather (of bird)’Grüssner 79 BP: 28
Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix-morpheme ‘feather (of bird)’Grüssner 79 BP: 28

1.6Mru3

Mruăprefixmoʔ² ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Mruʃɔ̆morphememoʔ² ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Mruʃɛ³morphememoʔ² ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26

1.7.1.2Garo7

Garo[kɨprefixmɨl] ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 158
Garokiprefixmil ‘hair / fur’LaPolla 87: 90
Garokiprefixmil ‘body hair, fur, feathers’Benedict 72 STC: 2
Garo (Bangladesh)ja'morpheme-kumorpheme-mil ‘hair on legs’Burling 92 GaBa
Garo (Bangladesh)kiprefixm-il ‘body hair, fur of an animal, small feathers, down’Burling 92 GaBa
Garo (Bangladesh)kiprefixm-il n‘down; fur; hair of body’Burling 03 Garo: 6.25-II:idx

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

1.7.3.1Jingpho30

Jingphomun ‘hair (of body)’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphomun ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphomun ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphomunəprefixmun ‘beard’Benedict 72 STC: 2
Jingphomun~əprefixmun ‘hair / fur’LaPolla 87: 90
Jingphomun³³ ‘fur’Liu 84
Jingphomun³³ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.19
Jingphomun³³ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.47
Jingphomun³³ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.47
Jingphonprefix-mun ‘beard’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphonprefix-mun nprefix-maumorpheme ‘beard’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphoningprefix mun ‘beard’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphoniŋ³¹prefix mun³³ ‘beard’Liu 84
Jingphoniŋprefixmunnprefixmun ‘beard’Benedict 72 STC: 2
Jingphon̩³¹prefix mun³³ ‘beard’Liu 84
Jingphonprefixmun nprefixmɑumorpheme ‘beard’Chou 72: 1137a-b
Jingphou³¹prefixmun³³ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.19
Jingphouprefixmun ‘feather’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingpho²mun ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 158
Jingphoəprefix-mùn ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.3.2Asakian10

Gananmiŋ¹ku¹morpheme ‘hair of body’Luce 85: L.160
Kadu (Kantu)muːn¹ku¹morpheme ‘hair of body’Luce 85: L.160
Sakayáiŋmorphememorphememuŋ ‘feather’Huziwara 08 Sak: 317
Sak (Bawtala)ă¹prefixmũ⁴ ‘hair of body’Luce 85: L.160
Sakáprefixmuŋ ‘fur / animal hair’Huziwara 08 Sak: 312-1
Sakáprefixmuŋ ‘body hair’Huziwara 08 Sak: 48

2.1.2Bodic2

Tshona (Mama)min⁵³ mᴀ⁵³suffix ‘eyebrow’Sun H 80 MLD
Tshona (Mama)min⁵⁵mᴀ⁵³suffix ‘eyebrow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 237.6

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Lhasa)mĩ⁵⁵mə⁵⁵suffix n‘eyebrow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0078.02
Tibetan (Written)smin-masuffix ‘eyebrow’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)smin-masuffix ‘eyebrow’Zhang Liansheng 88: 18

2.1.3Lepcha6

Lepcha(aprefix-)myal / (aprefix-)myel ‘hair (body-)’Benedict 72 STC: 75n231
Lepcha(ăprefix-)myal ⪤ (ăprefix-)myel ‘body hair, fur, feathers’Benedict 72 STC: 2
Lepchaaprefix-myal ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Lepchaaprefix-myel ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Lepchamyal ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Lepchaʔáprefixmel n.‘hair’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

2.1.5Dhimal2

Dhimalta#3420 PTB *k-tu-k ‘PENIS’Allofams116a #3420 PTB *k-tu-k ‘PENIS’116b #3423 PTB *tsu ‘PENIS’muĩ ‘man's pubic hair’King 94 DhBP

2.3Kiranti1

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti25

Athpare (Rai)muŋ ‘feather, body hair’Ebert 97 Athpare
Athpare (Rai)sogamorphememuŋ ‘body hair (cf. muŋ)’Ebert 97 Athpare
Athpare (Rai)wamorphememuŋ ‘feather’Ebert 97 Athpare
Limbu-m'rikmorpheme ‘hair, feathers, fur’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 81
Limbumurikmorpheme ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 586
Limbumurikmorpheme ‘hair, feathers, fur’Michailovsky 89 Lm
Limbumurikmorpheme ‘hair, feathers, fur’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 81
Limbumurikʔmorpheme ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 158
Limbumuriʔmorpheme ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 158
Yakhabɔːstuːmorphememuŋ ‘fur (of animal)’Kohn 90: 8.1.4
Yakhachatiloanword muŋ ‘chest hair’Kohn 90: 8.1.3.2
Yakhadziu#15 IA *jyu ‘BODY’biyamorpheme muŋ ‘body hair’Kohn 90: 8.1.3
Yakhalaŋ#3580 PKir *laŋ ‘FOOT’ biyamorpheme muːŋ ‘leg hair’Kohn 90: 8.1.3.3
Yakhaliː#1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’MesorootsPL *(n)-li² ‘PENIS’Allofams114 #1285 PTB *m-(l/n)ey ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114a #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114b #545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’goːmorpheme umorphememuŋ ‘male pubic hair’Kohn 90: 10.3.6
Yakhalɛːkuːmaŋmorpheme muŋ ‘underarm hair’Kohn 90: 8.1.3.1
Yakhamuŋ ‘hair (general)’Kohn 90: 8.1
Yakhanwɔːkamorpheme muŋ ‘feather (of bird)’Kohn 90: 8.1.5
Yakhaphak#568 PTB *p(r)ak ⪤ *r-pak ‘SHOULDER’kaumorphememuŋ ‘mane (of horse, lion)’Kohn 90: 8.1.6
Yakhawiːmorphemeya#1115 PTB *yar ‘MOUTH / MOUSTACHE / BEARD’muŋ ‘whiskers (of animal)’Kohn 90: 8.1.7
Yamphuyamorphememi n‘body hair, moustache’Rutgers 98: 592.2

2.3.2Southern Kiranti14

BantawamUa ‘fur’Rai 85 BnDs
Bantawamüwa ‘body hair / feather’Rai 84 BnDc: 53
Chamlingmuse*morpheme ‘feather / body hair’Winter 85: 25
Chamlingmusemorpheme ‘feather, body-hair’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 81
Kulungkokomorpheme mui ‘hair’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 80
Kulungkomorphemekomorpheme mui ‘body hair’Rai 75 Kul
Kulungmui ‘hair (general), fur’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 81
Kulungmui ‘hair (incl. of head), fur’Rai 75 Kul
Kulungmulummorpheme ‘hair (of head)’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 81
Kulungmulumˍmorpheme ‘topknot <hair>’Rai 75 Kul

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang16

Kham'muhl n‘fur’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.026
Kham'muhl ‘feather’Watters 89 KhQ: 1.36
Kham'muhl ‘hair’Watters 89 KhQ: 1.37
Kham'muhl ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Magarmiprefix-mha ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Magarmiprefix-mhā ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP
Magarmiprefix-mhā ‘hair?’Matisoff 87 BP

3.1Tangut11

Tangut [Xixia]mar ‘hair (of head)’Nishida 64 Tan: 39-095
Tangut [Xixia]mi̯ạ ‘hair’Sofronov 97
Tangut [Xixia]mji̱ ‘full head of hair’Li 97 Tangut: 1979
Tangut [Xixia] ‘hair (of body)’Nishida 64 Tan: 96-092
Tangut [Xixia] riemorpheme ‘feather (of bird)’Dai 89 Xixi: 8.1.5
Tangut [Xixia]mɪ̯ạ¹ ‘eyebrow’Sofronov 97
Tangut [Xixia]ʔu#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ mɪ̯ạ ‘hair of head’Dai 89 Xixi: 2.7

3.2Qiangic109

Ersudo⁵⁵morpheme bɛ⁵⁵morpheme maʴ⁵⁵ ‘eyebrow’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Ersudo⁵⁵morphemebɛ⁵⁵morphememaʴ⁵⁵ ‘eyebrow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 237.18
Ersumaʴ⁵⁵ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Ersumaʴ⁵⁵ ‘mane’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Ersumaʴ⁵⁵ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.18
Ersumaʴ⁵⁵ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.18
Lyuzumu⁵³ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.18
Muyamo²⁴ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.15
Muya [Minyak]mo³⁵ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.15
Muya [Minyak]ʁɐ³⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’mo³³ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 8.1.1
Muya [Minyak]ʁɐ³⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’mo³³ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.15
Namuyihũ³³ ‘feather’Sun H 91 NamQ: 8.1.5
Namuyihũ³³ ‘mane’Sun H 91 NamQ: 8.1.6
Namuyihũ³³ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.19
Namuyihũ³³ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.19
Namuyiʁo⁵⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’hũ³³ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 NamQ: 8.1.1
Namuyiʁo⁵⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’hũ³³ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.19
Namuyihũ³¹ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.46
Namuyiʔhũ³¹ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.46
Pumi (Lanping)ʐo¹³morphememã⁵⁵ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.09
Pumi (Qinghua)ma⁵⁵ ‘fur’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Qinghua)ma⁵⁵ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.11
Pumi (Qinghua)ma⁵⁵ʃu⁵⁵morpheme ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.11
Pumi (Taoba)mɛ̃¹³ ‘fur’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Taoba)mɛ̃⁵³ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.10
Pumi (Taoba)ru³⁵morphemem̥ã⁵³ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.10
Qiang (Longxi)phìmorpheme χù ‘female pubic hair’Evans 99 Qiang: 146.1
Qiang (Longxi)morpheme χù ‘feather’Evans 99 Qiang: 371
Qiang (Mawo)hu suffix ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.8
Qiang (Mawo)hu suffix ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.8
Qiang (Mawo)huŋ pasuffix ‘hair (general)’Sun H 91 MawQ: 8.1
Qiang (Mawo)huŋ pamorpheme ‘body hair’Sun H 91 MawQ: 8.1.3
Qiang (Mawo)husuffix ‘fur, feather’Sun H 81 Qia
Qiang (Mawo)morpheme hu̥ŋ ‘female pubic hair’Sun H 91 MawQ: 10.4.5
Qiang (Mawo)kʰuəmorpheme pikmorpheme hu̥ŋ pasuffix ‘fur (of animal)’Sun H 91 MawQ: 8.1.4
Qiang (Mawo)prefixhu̥ ‘body hair’Sun J 86 Mawo
Qiang (Mawo)tʃəmorpheme hu̥ŋ pasuffix ‘mane (of horse, lion)’Sun H 91 MawQ: 8.1.6
Qiang (Mawo)xu suffix n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.08
Qiang (Mianchi)(ì)morpheme mù ‘feather’Evans 99 Qiang: 371
Qiang (Mianchi)(mù) tʂhuámorpheme ‘shave [hair-shave]’Evans 99 Qiang: 1940
Qiang (Taoping)qə³¹#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ χmə⁵⁵ sɿ⁵⁵morpheme kie³¹morpheme n‘braid (hair)’Sun H 81 Qia
Qiang (Taoping)χmə³³ ‘fur, feathers’Sun H 81 Qia
Qiang (Taoping)χmə³³ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.9
Queyu (Xinlong)m̥e¹³rie⁵⁵morpheme n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.13
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]m̥u⁵³ ‘mane (of horse, lion)’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 8.1.6
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]m̥u⁵⁵ dʐo⁵³morpheme ‘feather (of bird)’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 8.1.5
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]m̥u⁵⁵dʐo⁵³morpheme ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.16
Xumiʁo³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ m̥ɔ̃³⁵ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ShiQ
Xumiʁo³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’m̥ɔ̃³⁵ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.20

3.3rGyalrongic16

Ergong (Northern)gɛv⁵³morpheme rmo⁵³ ‘leg hair’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 8.1.3.3
Ergong (Northern)pcçʰa³³morpheme kʰu³³morpheme rmo⁵³ ‘underarm hair’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 8.1.3.1
Ergong (Northern)rmo⁵³ ‘hair (general)’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 8.1
Ergong (Northern)stə⁵³morpheme rmo⁵³ ‘female pubic hair’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 10.4.5
Ergong (Danba)wmə rɣiamorpheme ‘feather’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 8.1.5
Ergong (Danba)wmə ʐʑamorpheme ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.14
Ergong (Northern)xtsə⁵³morpheme rmo⁵³ ‘male pubic hair’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 10.3.6
Ergong (Daofu)ɦa#288 PTB *b/g-raŋ ‘CHEST’ morpheme ʔmə ŋɑmorpheme ‘chest hair’Dai 89 Daof: 8.1.3.2
Ergong (Northern)ʁə³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ rmo⁵³ nɟje³³morpheme lə³³morpheme ‘cowlick (flexure in hair)’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 8.1.1.1

3.3.1rGyalrong12

rGyalrong (Ganzi Danba Bawang)moɫ'jamorpheme ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178
rGyalrong (Ganzi Danba Niega Jiaju)moɹˈjaʔ̚morpheme ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178
rGyalrong (Jinchuan Hedong)ta³prefixmoj¹ ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178

4Nungic19

Anongmil ‘hair’Matisoff 87 BP
Anongmil ‘body hair, fur, feathers’Benedict 72 STC: 2
Anongmin⁵⁵ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.44
Rawangmɯl³³ ‘fur’LaPolla 03: 307
Rawangmɯl³³ ‘feather, plume’LaPolla 03: 342
Rawangmɯl³³ ɕɯm³³morpheme ‘hair of body’LaPolla 03: 86
Nungtɕhɑ⁵⁵morphememin⁵⁵ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.21
Anongtɕhɑ⁵⁵morphememin⁵⁵ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.44
Trung [Dulong]mul⁴̯⁴̯ ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Dulongmɯn⁵⁵ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.20
Trung [Dulong]ɑŋ³¹prefixmɯ̆l⁵⁵ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.46
Trung [Dulong]ɑŋ³¹prefixmɯ̆l⁵⁵ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.46
Dulongɑŋ⁵⁵prefixmɯn⁵⁵ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.20
Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)aŋ³¹prefix mul⁵⁵ ‘hair / fur’LaPolla 87: 90
Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)ɑŋ³¹prefix mɯ̆l⁵⁵ ‘fur’Sun H 82 Dul
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)aŋ³¹prefix mun⁵³ ‘hair / fur’LaPolla 87: 90
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)ɑŋ³¹prefix mɯ̆n⁵³ ‘fur’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.1Burmish113

Achang (Lianghe)a³¹prefix mu³⁵ ‘fur’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Lianghe)n̥ɑ³¹morpheme mu⁵⁵ ‘beard’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)a³¹prefix mui³¹ ‘fur’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)a³¹prefixmui³¹ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.28
Achang (Longchuan)a³¹prefixmui³¹ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.28
Achang (Longchuan)a³¹prefixmui³¹ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.41
Achang (Longchuan)paʔ⁵³morphememui³¹ n‘wool / fleece’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0279.28
Achang (Longchuan)u³¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ mui³¹ ‘hair’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)u³¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’mui³¹ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.41
Achang (Luxi)a³¹prefix mui³¹ ‘fur’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)na⁵⁵morpheme mui³⁵ ‘beard’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)mui³¹ ‘hair (animal)’Dai 89 Xian: 316
Achang (Xiandao)mui³¹ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.29
Achang (Xiandao)paʔ³¹morpheme mui³¹ ‘wool’Dai 89 Xian: 328
Achang (Xiandao)paʔ³¹morphememui³¹ n‘wool / fleece’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0279.29
Bola (Luxi)a³¹prefixmau³⁵ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.32
Burmese (Modern)aprefixmweː ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Burmese (Rangoon)ŋ̊ɛʔ⁴morphememwe⁵⁵ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.27
Burmese (Rangoon)ɑ⁵³prefixmwe⁵⁵ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.27
Burmese (Spoken)aprefixmwe⁴ ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)ɑ⁵³prefixmwe⁵⁵ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.40
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)ɑ⁵³prefixmwe⁵⁵ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.40
Burmese (Written)(ăprefix-)mwè ‘body hair, fur, feathers’Benedict 72 STC: 2
Burmese (Written)(əprefix-)mwè ‘hair (body)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 158
Burmese (Written)àprefixmuy ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Burmese (Written)aprefixmwe: ‘hair (of body)’Marrison 67 Naga
Burmese (Written)aprefixmwey ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Burmese (Written)aprefixmwuy⁴ ‘hair, feather’Luce 85: W.71
Burmese (Written)hŋɑk⁴morpheme mwe³ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.26
Burmese (Written)mwê ‘hair of body’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)mwè ‘hair / fur’LaPolla 87: 90
Burmese (Written)ṅhakmorphememwe: ‘feather’Marrison 67 Naga
Burmese (Written)ɑ¹prefixmwe³ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.26
Burmese (Written)ɑ¹prefixmwe³ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.39
Burmese (Written)ɑ¹prefixmwe³ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.39
Burmese (Written)əprefix-mwê ‘hair of body’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)ʔəprefix-mwê ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Danuăprefixmwe² ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Phön (Megyaw)myaiŋ ‘hair (body)’Benedict 72 STC: 15n55
Langsu (Luxi)pai³¹morphemenam³⁵morphememuk⁵⁵ n‘wool / fleece’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0279.31
Langsu (Luxi)ʃɔ̆³⁵morphememuk⁵⁵ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.31
Lashilɔʔ³¹morpheme tʃhap⁵⁵morpheme mou⁵⁵ ‘underarm hair’Dai 89 Lash: 8.1.3.1
Lashimou⁵⁵ ‘body hair’Dai 89 Lash: 8.1.3
Lashi (Lachhe')mɑu² ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Lashi (Lachhe')mɑu³ ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Lashisei⁵⁵morpheme jɔ³¹morpheme ŋjou⁵³morpheme mou⁵⁵ ‘fur (of animal)’Dai 89 Lash: 8.1.4
Lashitʃuʔ³¹morpheme mou⁵⁵ ‘female pubic hair’Dai 89 Lash: 10.4.5
Lashiŋji̱⁵⁵morpheme mou⁵⁵ ‘male pubic hair’Dai 89 Lash: 10.3.6
Leqi (Luxi)ʃŏ⁵⁵morphememou⁵⁵ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.33
Maru [Langsu]khjik³¹morpheme muk⁵⁵ ‘leg hair’Dai 89 Lang: 8.1.3.3
Maru [Langsu]lɔʔ³¹morpheme tʃhɛʔ⁵⁵morpheme muk⁵⁵ ‘underarm hair’Dai 89 Lang: 8.1.3.1
Maru [Langsu]muk⁵⁵ ‘body hair’Dai 89 Lang: 8.1.3
Maru [Langsu]nŭŋ³⁵morpheme mʒɔ̃³⁵morpheme muk⁵⁵ ‘fur (of animal)’Dai 89 Lang: 8.1.4
Maru [Langsu]tʃauk³¹morpheme muk⁵⁵ ‘female pubic hair’Dai 89 Lang: 10.4.5
Maru [Langsu]vɔ̃³¹morpheme kɔ̃³¹morpheme muk⁵⁵ ‘chest hair’Dai 89 Lang: 8.1.3.2
Maru [Langsu]ŋji̱³⁵morpheme muk⁵⁵ ‘male pubic hair’Dai 89 Lang: 10.3.6
Maru [Langsu]ʃɔ̆³⁵morpheme muk⁵⁵ ‘feather (of bird)’Dai 89 Lang: 8.1.5
Maru [Langsu]ʃɔ̆³⁵morphememuk⁵⁵ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.43
Maru [Langsu]ʃɔ̆³⁵morphememuk⁵⁵ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.43
Taung-Yoăprefixmwe² ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Atsi [Zaiwa]mau⁵⁵ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.42
Atsi [Zaiwa]pai²¹morphemenam⁵⁵morphememau⁵⁵ n‘wool / fleece’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0279.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]sŏ²¹morphememau⁵⁵ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.42
Atsi [Zaiwa]ʃŏ²¹morpheme mau⁵⁵ ‘fur’Xu 84 Zaiwa
Atsi [Zaiwa]ʃŏ²¹morphememau⁵⁵ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]ʃŏ²¹morphememau⁵⁵ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]ʃɔ⁴morphememau⁴ ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish82

Gazhuoxɑ³²³morphememɑ³³ ‘fine hair (on human body)’Mu 03 Gazhuo
Liphomɯ³³ ‘hair’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1
Liphomɯ³³ ‘fur’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.4
Liphomɯ³³ ‘feather’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.5
Nasumu²¹ ‘hair (general)’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1
Nasumu²¹ ‘fur (of animal)’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.4
Nasumu²¹ ‘feather (of bird)’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.5
Nesudzi³¹morpheme nu̱³³ ‘male pubic hair’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.6
Nesunu̱³³ ‘fur (of animal)’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.4
Nesunu̱³³ ‘feather (of bird)’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.5
Nesunᴜ̱³³ kʰo³³morpheme ‘body hair’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.3
Nesupi⁵⁵morpheme nu̱³³ ‘female pubic hair’Chen 86 Yi: 10.4.5
Noesube³³morphememi²¹ ‘male pubic hair’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.6
Noesude²¹morphemeŋgo³³morphememi²¹ ‘chest hair’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.3.2
Noesumi²¹ ‘hair’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1
Noesumi²¹ ‘fur’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.4
Noesumi²¹ ‘feather’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.5
Noesupe³³morphememi²¹ ‘female pubic hair’Chen 86 Yi: 10.4.5
Noesuɳe²¹morphememi⁵⁵ ‘body hair’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.3
Noesuʈhu³³morphemebu³³morphememi²¹ ‘leg hair’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.3.3
Nosuȵi⁵⁵morphemem̥o³³ ‘body hair’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.3
Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)m̥e⁵⁵ ‘hair (animal)’Dai 89 NusA: 316.
Nusu (Central)m̥e⁵⁵ ‘hair (animal)’Dai 89 NusB: 316.
Nusu (Northern)m̥ə̃⁵⁵ ‘fur’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Southern)m̥ɯi⁵⁵ ‘fur’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)m̥ɯi⁵⁵ ‘fur’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)m̥ɯi⁵⁵ ‘feather’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Bijiang)m̥ɯi⁵⁵ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.45
Nusu (Bijiang)m̥ɯi⁵⁵ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.45
Nusu (Southern)m̥ɯ³¹ ‘feather’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)ŋ̊a̱⁵³morphemem̥ɯ⁵⁵ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.34
Nusu (Northern)ŋ̊ɑ̱⁵³morpheme m̥ə̃⁵⁵ ‘feather’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Dafang)m̩(u)²¹ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.22
Yi (Dafang)mu²¹ ‘fur (fine)’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Liangshan)li³⁴morphemem̥o³³ ‘mane, horse's’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Nanhua)gᴀ³³morphemekho²¹morphememɯ³³ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.24
Yi (Nanhua)mɯ³³ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.24
Yi (Wuding)mv̩¹¹ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.38
Yi (Wuding)mv̩¹¹ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.38
Yi (Xide)ȵi⁵⁵morpheme-m̥o³³ ‘soft body hair’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish128

Ahia⁵⁵prefixɕi²¹morphemenɯ̱³³ ‘male pubic hair’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.6
Ahidzi³³morpheme nɯ̱³³ ‘male pubic hair’Luo 90: 10.3.6
Ahii³³prefix nɯ̱³³ ‘hair (general)’Luo 90: 8.1
Ahii³³prefixnɯ̱³³ ‘hair’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1
Ahii³³prefixnɯ̱³³ ‘fur’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.4
Lolo (Ni) ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Jinuo (Baya/Banai)a⁴⁴prefix mɯ⁴⁴ ‘hair (animal)’Dai 89 JinA: 332
Jinuo (Baka)a⁴⁴prefix m̥ɯ⁴⁴ ‘hair (animal)’Dai 89 JinB: 332
Jinuoa⁴⁴prefixmɯ⁴⁴ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.44
Jinuomø³³tɕhi³³morpheme ‘beard’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 246.34
Jinuo (Baya/Banai)mø⁴⁴ mɯ⁴⁴ ‘beard’Dai 89 JinA: 112.1
Jinuo (Baka)mø⁴⁴ m̥ɯ⁴⁴ ‘beard’Dai 89 JinB: 112
Jinuomø⁴⁴su³¹morpheme n‘beard’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0087.44
Jinuomø⁴⁴tɕhi⁴²morpheme n‘beard / moustache / goatee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0086.44
Jinuomɯ³³tʃhɑ³³morpheme ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.34
Jinuomɯ⁴⁴nu⁴⁴morpheme n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.44
Jinuo (Buyuan)ɑ³³prefix mɤ⁴⁴ ‘fur’Gai 86
Jinuo (Youle)ɑ³³prefix m̥ɯ⁴⁴ ‘fur’Gai 86
Jinuoɑ³³prefixmɯ³³ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.34
Kuconga31prefix mu33 ‘wool’Dai 09 Kucong
Lahu (Lancang)mv³³lo¹¹morpheme n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.43
Lahu (Black)-mvuhː ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Lahu (Black)chamorpheme-mu ‘female pubic hair’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black)morpheme-mu ‘male pubic hair’Matisoff 88 DL: 769
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹prefix mv̩³³ ‘fur’Chang 86
Lahu (Yellow)ɔ³¹prefix mv̩³³ ‘fur’Chang 86
Lisu (Central)prefix-raw³#6031 PTB *ra ‘GOAT’ mū³ ‘fleece (sheep's wool)’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)prefix-raw³#6031 PTB *ra ‘GOAT’ mū³ ‘wool (sheep's)’Fraser 22
Lisu (Nujiang)e⁵⁵prefix mu̱⁴⁴ ‘fur’Xu 86 Lisu
Lisu (Nujiang)e⁵⁵prefix mu̱⁴⁴ ‘feather’Xu 86 Lisu
Lisue⁵⁵morphememu̱³³ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.40
Lisue⁵⁵morphememu̱³³ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.40
Lisue⁵⁵prefixmu⁴⁴ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.27
Lisue⁵⁵prefixmu⁴⁴du⁴⁴#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.27
Lisu (Northern)ji⁵⁵morphememy³³ N‘hair; feather’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ji⁵⁵morphememy³³ su²¹morphemelu²¹morphememu³³morpheme ‘hair loose and disorderly’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ji⁵⁵morphememy³³ ɕwa²¹morphemela²¹morphememu³³morpheme ‘hang down loosely (of hair)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ji⁵⁵morphememy³³ ʃu²¹morphemelu²¹morphememu³³morpheme ‘strands of hair hanging downwards’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)kɤ⁵⁵morphemelɤʔ²¹morphememu³³ V‘curly (natural curly hair)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)læʔ²¹morphemede²¹morpheme khu³³morphememu³³ ‘hair in armpit’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Theng-yüeh)mū³ ‘hair, feathers’Luce 85: T.26
Lisumū³ ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Lisu (Central)mū³ ‘hair (body)’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)my³³ N‘hair; feather’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)my³³khwa²¹morpheme ‘thin hair on human body; foetal hair’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)mæ³⁵morphememy³³ N‘fine hair on the human body’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)mɯ²¹tsi³³morpheme N‘beard’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisumɯ³¹tsi̱³³morpheme n‘beard / moustache / goatee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0086.40
Lisumɯ³¹tsɿ⁴⁴morpheme ‘beard’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 246.27
Lisu (Northern)na³³morphemekhu³³morphememy³³ ‘nasal hair’Bradley 94 Lisu
Sani [Nyi]ni⁵⁵bɛ³³morpheme ‘beard’Wu 84
Sani [Nyi]no̱³³qhɒ²¹morpheme ‘hair’Wu 84
Sani [Nyi]no⁴⁴ ‘hair’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1
Sani [Nyi]no⁴⁴ ‘fur’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.4
Sani [Nyi]nu⁴⁴ ‘hair (animal)’Ma 89 SanQ: 322.1
Sani [Nyi]xɤ¹¹ ‘hair, wool’Ma 89 SanQ: 329.5

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish25

Akhahṃ́ ‘hair’Matisoff 87 BP
Hanimo³¹ ‘hair’Matisoff 87 BP
Hani (Lüchun)xɔ³³morphememu̱³³ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.41
Hani (Gelanghe)tɕa̱³¹morpheme xm̩³³ ‘fur’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Mpiʔɑ²prefixmɯ² ‘body hair’Bradley 79 PLo
Silaa21prefix mɯ21 ‘body hair’Kato 08 Lao: 1
Ugongmɪŋmorpheme khyɪ̂ŋmorpheme mọ̵́ŋ ‘chin hair’Bradley 93 Ugo
Ugongnáʔphûmorpheme/phᴜ́kmorpheme kɔŋmorpheme mọ̵́ŋ ‘underarm hair’Bradley 93 Ugo: 8.1.3.1
Ugongnɪ́morpheme mọ̵́ŋ ‘male pubic hair’Bradley 93 Ugo: 10.3.6
Ugongsɛŋmorpheme mọ̵́ŋ ‘female pubic hair’Bradley 93 Ugo: 10.4.5

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish3

Southern Mujimɯ⁵⁵ ‘body hair; feathers’Pelkey 11 Phula: 332
Pholanɯ³¹ ‘body hair; feathers’Pelkey 11 Phula: 332
Hlepho Phowaʔm̩²¹ ‘body hair; feathers’Pelkey 11 Phula: 332

6.2Naxi19

Laze (Xiangjiao)hṽ˩ ‘body hair (of animals); feather’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 249
Laze (Xiangjiao)ɲi˩morphemehṽ˩ ‘body hair (of humans)’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 250
Na (Yongning)hṽ˥ ‘body hair’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ʑi˩morphemehṽ˧ ‘body hair (of humans)’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxi (Western)fv³³ ‘fur’He 85
Naxifv̩³³ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.45
Naxi (Eastern)ɣo³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’xu³³ ‘hair (head)’He 85

8Bai41

Bai (Bijiang)mi̱e²¹ ‘fur’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Bijiang)mie²¹ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.37
Bai (Bijiang)mɑ̱²¹ v‘bark’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Bijiang)tie̱²¹morpheme mie⁵⁵ ‘hair (head)’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Bijiang)vĩ³³morpheme mie̱⁴² ‘eyebrow’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Bijiang)ʈe²¹morphememie⁵⁵ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.37
Bai (Dali)ma 7 ‘hair’Dell 81: 182
Bai (Dali)ma⁷ ‘hair of an animal’Dell 81: pp.150-169
Bai (Dali)mɑ̱²¹ ‘fur’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Dali)mɑ²¹ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.35
Bai (Dali)morpheme ma 76 ‘hair’Dell 81: 565
Bai (Dali)tø⁷morpheme ma⁶ ‘hair’Dell 81: pp.150-169
Bai (Dali)tɯ̱²¹morpheme mɑ³⁵ ‘hair (head)’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Dali)tɯ²¹morphememɑ³⁵ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.35
Bai (Dali)ui³³morpheme me³⁵ ‘eyebrow’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)ma̱²¹ ‘hair (general)’Zhao 90: 8.1
Bai (Jianchuan)ma̱²¹ ‘fur (of animal)’Zhao 90: 8.1.4
Bai (Jianchuan)ma̱²¹ ‘feather (of bird)’Zhao 90: 8.1.5
Bai (Jianchuan)mɑ̱²¹ ‘fur’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)mɑ²¹ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.36
Bai (Jianchuan)tiə⁴²morphememɑ⁵⁵ n‘hair’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0075.48
Bai (Jianchuan)tɯ̱²¹morpheme ma⁵⁵ ‘hair of head’Zhao 90: 2.7
Bai (Jianchuan)tɯ̱²¹morpheme ma⁵⁵ kʰv̩³¹morpheme ‘cowlick’Zhao 90: 8.1.1.1
Bai (Jianchuan)tɯ̱²¹morpheme mɑ⁵⁵ ‘hair (head)’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)tɯ²¹morphememɑ⁵⁵ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.36

9.0.1Old Chinese4

Chinese (Old/Mid)mog / mɑ̂u ‘hair / fur / feathers’Chou 72: 1137a-b
Chinese (Old/Mid)mog/mɑ̂u ‘hair, fur, feathers’Karlgren 57 GSR: 1137a-b
Chinese (Old)maw ‘hair / fur’Baxter 92: 1647

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #363, *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/363
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#002, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-363,
  title  = {{*s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal 'HAIR / FUR / FEATHER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #363},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/363}
}