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STEDT #368

*r-(n/m)ey

HAIR OF HEAD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*ney ‘hair (head)’p. 206

Notes

This allofamic reconstruction is based on the rGyalrongic reflexes, which vary between rɲe and rme. Still other rGyalrongic forms with back vowels fit better with #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal HAIR / FUR / FEATHER.

Reflexes & cognates170 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmanney ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 051

*Tibeto-Burmanney ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 604

*Tibeto-Burmanney ‘hair (head)’[Source note] [G&C 51] (LaPolla 1987).LaPolla 87: 62

*Tibeto-Burmanney ‘hair (of head)’Benedict 72 STC: 292

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

*Barishk-ney ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 93 PC

1.7.1.1Bodo14

Bodokaprefix-naiʔ ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Bodokaprefix◦náy ‘hair’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodokaprefix◦náy ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Bodokaprefix◦náy ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 051

Bodokaprefix◦náy ‘hair(head)’LaPolla 87: 62

Bodokaprefix◦náy zontámorpheme ‘lock of hair’Bhat 68 Boro

Dimasakhaprefix◦nai ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Dimasakhaprefix◦nai ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 051

Dimasakhaprefix◦nai ‘hair(head)’LaPolla 87: 62

Dimasakhaprefix◦nai ‘hair of head’Benedict 72 STC: 292

Kokborokbəprefix=kʰprefix◦nay ‘hair’Tripuri 88

Kokborokkʰprefix◦nay ‘hair’Tripuri 88

Lalung [Tiwa]khimorpheme◦ni ‘hair’Balawan 65: 14

Lalung [Tiwa]mo#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’◦thromorpheme◦ni ‘eyebrow’Balawan 65: 40

1.7.1.2Garo6

Garokhəprefix◦ni ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 051

Garokhəprefix◦ni ‘hair(head)’LaPolla 87: 62

Garokhəprefix◦ni ‘hair of head’Benedict 72 STC: 292

Garoki-nprefix-i ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Garo (Bangladesh)kinprefix-i ‘hair of head’Burling 92 GaBa

Garo (Bangladesh)kinprefix-i n‘hair of head’Burling 03 Garo: 6.25-II:idx

3.3rGyalrongic8

Ergong (Danba)mau#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ ʐmi ‘eyebrow’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 3.4.3

Ergong (Daofu)mɑu#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ rmei ‘eyebrow’Dai 89 Daof: 3.4.3

Ergong (Daofu)tsha#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ ʔmɑ#1114 PTB *s-ma-ŋ ‘BEARD / MOUSTACHE’ rmei ‘goatee’Dai 89 Daof: 8.1.2.2

Ergong (Daofu)tsəmorpheme ləmorpheme iemorpheme ʔmə#1114 PTB *s-ma-ŋ ‘BEARD / MOUSTACHE’ rmei ‘whiskers (of cat)’Dai 89 Daof: 8.1.7

Ergong (Danba)ɦɛmorpheme ma#1114 PTB *s-ma-ŋ ‘BEARD / MOUSTACHE’ ʐmi ‘beard’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 8.1.2.1

Ergong (Danba)ʁuə#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ ʐmi ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 8.1.1

Ergong (Danba)ʁuə#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ ʐmi ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.14

Ergong (Daofu)ʔmɑ#1114 PTB *s-ma-ŋ ‘BEARD / MOUSTACHE’ mei ‘beard’Dai 89 Daof: 8.1.2.1

3.3.1rGyalrong105

rGyalrong (Aba Rongan Menggucun)'tamorpheme◦rme ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178

rGyalrong (NW)kumorpheme rme kamorpheme rʁokmorpheme ‘cowlick (flexure in hair)’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.1.1

rGyalrong (Eastern)kʰom#454 PTB *r-ka(ː)m ‘LIP / MOUTH / EDGE / BANK’PKC *kam ‘MOUTH’PCC *kam ‘BANK / SIDE / SHORE’◦ɲe ‘beard / moustache’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1.2

rGyalrong (Eastern)kʰommorpheme◦ɲe ‘body hair’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1.3

rGyalrong (Northern)kʰu#468 PTB *ku(w) ‘MOUTH’ mtɕʰi#1232 PTB *n-dzi-k ‘HAIR (HEAD)’PL *tsi¹ ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ rme ‘whiskers (of animal)’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1.7

rGyalrong (NW)mbra#1431 PTB *s/m-raŋ ‘HORSE’PKC *raŋ ‘HORSE’PLB *mraŋ² ‘HORSE’ rme ‘mane (of horse, lion)’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.6

rGyalrong (Eastern)paprefix◦tsamorpheme wamorpheme◦rɲe ‘feather (of bird)’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1.5

rGyalrong (NW)pra#760 PTB *p-(l/y)ap ‘WING / FEATHER’Allofams17 #753 PTB *m/p/s-(l/d)ap ‘ARM / HAND / WING’17a #757 PTB *lap ‘WING / FEATHER’17b #2077 PTB *s-lap ‘WING / FLUTTER / EYELASH / GILL’17c #760 PTB *p-(l/y)ap ‘WING / FEATHER’17d #756 PTB *pap ‘WING / FEATHER’17e #758 PTB *m-dap ‘WING / FEATHER’◦kuemorpheme rme ‘feather (of bird)’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.5

rGyalrong (Northern)pəmorpheme◦ɣa#1606 PTB *k-rak ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PTani *rok ‘CHICKEN’ rme ‘feather (of bird)’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1.5

rGyalrong (Northern)ridak#1862 PTB *ri-dak ‘ANIMAL’ rme ‘fur (of animal)’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1.4

rGyalrongrni ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 051

rGyalrongrni ‘hair(head)’LaPolla 87: 62

rGyalrongrni ‘hair of head’Benedict 72 STC: 292

rGyalrong (Eastern)rədak#1862 PTB *ri-dak ‘ANIMAL’ wamorpheme◦rɲe ‘fur (of animal)’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1.4

rGyalrong (NW)rətak#1862 PTB *ri-dak ‘ANIMAL’ rme ‘fur (of animal)’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.4

rGyalrongtaprefix jo#1190 PTB *zyal ‘FACE / MOUTH’ wamorpheme rȵᴇ ‘beard / moustache’Dai 89 Jiar: 8.1.2

rGyalrongtaprefix ko#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ rȵᴇ ‘hair of head’Dai 89 Jiar: 2.7

rGyalrongtaprefix ko#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ rȵᴇ ‘hair (general)’Dai 89 Jiar: 8.1

rGyalrongtaprefix ko#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ rȵᴇ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.12

rGyalrongtaprefix mᴇmorpheme wamorpheme rȵᴇ ‘leg hair’Dai 89 Jiar: 8.1.3.3

rGyalrongtaprefix ro#288 PTB *b/g-raŋ ‘CHEST’ wamorpheme rȵᴇ ‘chest hair’Dai 89 Jiar: 8.1.3.2

rGyalrongtaprefix rȵᴇ ‘fur (of animal)’Dai 89 Jiar: 8.1.4

rGyalrongtaprefix rȵᴇ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.12

rGyalrong (Heishui Shashiduo)taprefix◦'rne ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178

rGyalrong (Heishui Luhua)taprefix◦'rȵe ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178

rGyalrong (Hongyuan Rangkou Jiadang)taprefix◦'rȵe ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178

rGyalrong (Hongyuan Shuajinsi Selong)taprefix◦'rȵe ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178

rGyalrong (Jinchuan Jimu Zhouchan)taprefix◦'rȵi ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178

rGyalrong (Jinchuan Kalajiao)taprefix◦'rȵi ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178

rGyalrong (Jinchuan Maori Maori)taprefix◦'rȵi ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178

rGyalrong (Jinchuan Sawajiao)taprefix◦'rȵi ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178

rGyalrong (Eastern)taprefix◦ko#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ rɲe ‘hair (head)’Sun H 91 rEQ: 2.7

rGyalrong (Northern)taprefix◦rme ‘hair (general)’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1

rGyalrong (Northern)tamorpheme◦rme kamorpheme ndzərimorpheme ‘cowlick (flexure in hair)’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1.1.1

rGyalrong (Northern)tamorpheme◦rme stamorpheme ‘pore’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.2.2

rGyalrong (Eastern)tamorpheme◦ro#288 PTB *b/g-raŋ ‘CHEST’ wamorpheme◦rɲe ‘chest hair’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1.3.2

rGyalrong (Eastern)taprefix◦rɲe ‘hair (general)’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1

rGyalrong (Heishui Shashiduo Muchang)taprefix◦ɾ'ȵe ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178

rGyalrong (Jinchuan Taiyanghe)taprefix◦ɾɲɪ ‘hair of skin’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0178

rGyalrong (NW)tsitamorpheme vəmorpheme xpormorpheme rme ‘goatee’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.2.2

Caodengtɐprefix-rmɐ ‘hair’Sun J 97 Cao

rGyalrong (Maerkang)tɑprefix komorpheme rȵᴇ n‘hair’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0075.11

rGyalrong (Maerkang)tɑprefix rȵᴇ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.11

rGyalrongtəprefix mtɕi#1232 PTB *n-dzi-k ‘HAIR (HEAD)’PL *tsi¹ ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ mo#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ rȵᴇ ‘beard’Dai 89 Jiar: 8.1.2.1

rGyalrongtəprefix ɕna#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ momorpheme rȵᴇ ‘nose hair’Dai 89 Jiar: 3.5.4

rGyalrongtəprefix ɕtumorpheme momorpheme rȵᴇ ‘male pubic hair’Dai 89 Jiar: 10.3.6

rGyalrongtəprefix ɕtumorpheme momorpheme rȵᴇ ‘female pubic hair’Dai 89 Jiar: 10.4.5

Caodengtəprefix-ko#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’-rmɐ ‘hair of head’Sun J 97 Cao

Caodengtəprefix-mtʃʰɐ́nmorpheme-rmɐj ‘armpit-hair’Sun J 97 Cao

Caodengtəprefix-ʃtumorpheme-rmɐj ‘pubic hair (female)’Sun J 97 Cao

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦ku#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ rme ‘hair (head)’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.1

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦ku#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’◦rme ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 rNW: 2.7

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦kə#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’◦rme ‘hair (head)’Sun H 91 rNQ: 2.7

rGyalrong (Eastern)təprefix◦lammorpheme rɲie ‘male pubic hair’Sun H 91 rEQ: 10.3.6

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mbumorpheme rme ‘male pubic hair’Sun H 91 rNQ: 10.3.6

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mimorpheme rme ‘leg hair’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1.3.3

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mtɕʰi#1232 PTB *n-dzi-k ‘HAIR (HEAD)’PL *tsi¹ ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ rme ‘beard’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1.2.1

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mtɕʰi#1232 PTB *n-dzi-k ‘HAIR (HEAD)’PL *tsi¹ ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ rme ‘moustache’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1.2.3

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mȵak#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’ rme ‘eyebrow’Sun H 91 rNQ: 3.4.3

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦mȵak#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’ rme ‘eyebrow’Sun H 91 rNW: 3.4.3

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mɟjamorpheme rme ‘goatee’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1.2.2

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦pimorpheme rme ‘leg hair’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.3.3

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦piakmorpheme◦pamorpheme rme ‘underarm hair’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1.3.1

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦pʰuŋ#13 PTB *puŋ ‘BODY / TORSO / CORPSE’◦bu#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ rme ‘body hair’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1.3

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦qətsəyemorpheme rme ‘underarm hair’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.3.1

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦ra#288 PTB *b/g-raŋ ‘CHEST’ rme ‘chest hair’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.3.2

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦rme ‘hair (general)’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦rme scçimorpheme ‘pore’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.2.2

rGyalrong (Northern)təmorpheme◦ro#288 PTB *b/g-raŋ ‘CHEST’ rme ‘chest hair’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1.3.2

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦rŋe#1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’Allofams3a #1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’3b #2017 PTB *ŋar ‘TOPKNOT / FOREPART / FRONT SIDE’3c #2525 PTB *s-ŋa ‘BEFORE / FRONT’ rme ‘beard / moustache’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.2

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦stə#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’ rme ‘female pubic hair’Sun H 91 rNW: 10.4.5

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦sȵi#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ rme ‘nose hair’Sun H 91 rNW: 3.5.4

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦xpormorpheme rme ‘beard’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.2.1

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦xpormorpheme rme ‘moustache’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.2.3

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦ɕemorpheme rme ‘body hair’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.3

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦ɣəmorpheme mba#268 PTB *m/s-ba ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN’PLB *ba² ‘CHEEK’PKar *Ɂbɔᴬ ‘NECK, CHEEK’ rme ‘beard / moustache’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.1.2

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦ʁʑamorpheme rme ‘male pubic hair’Sun H 91 rNW: 10.3.6

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦ʃna#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ rme ‘nose hair’Sun H 91 rNQ: 3.5.4

rGyalrong (Eastern)təprefix◦ʃna#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ wamorpheme rɲe ‘nose hair’Sun H 91 rEQ: 3.5.4

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦ʃtu#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’ rme ‘female pubic hair’Sun H 91 rNQ: 10.4.5

rGyalrong (Eastern)tʃʰet#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ wumorpheme◦ʃnomorpheme◦momorpheme◦rɲe ‘goatee’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1.2.2

rGyalrong (Eastern)wamorpheme◦komorpheme◦rɲe◦kargorgomorpheme ‘cowlick (flexure in hair)’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1.1.1

rGyalrong (Eastern)wamorpheme◦piakemorpheme wamorpheme◦rɲe ‘underarm hair’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1.3.1

rGyalrongwumorpheme mci#1232 PTB *n-dzi-k ‘HAIR (HEAD)’PL *tsi¹ ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ mo#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ rȵᴇ ‘whiskers (of animal)’Dai 89 Jiar: 8.1.7

rGyalrong (Eastern)wupʰətpamorpheme rɲe ‘leg hair’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1.3.3

rGyalrong (NW)ʁajimorpheme xpomorpheme rme ‘whiskers (of animal)’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.7

rGyalrong (Jinchuan Guaninqiao Wobzi)ʁɑ̌morpheme◦rmə̂ ‘hair of the head’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0007

rGyalrong (Eastern)ʃno#471 PTB *s-nwat ⪤ *s-nut ‘MOUTH / VESSEL / WOMB’◦momorpheme rɲe ‘beard’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1.2.1

rGyalrong (Eastern)ʃnomorpheme◦momorpheme◦rɲe məjtemorpheme ‘moustache’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.1.2.3

rGyalrongtaprefix gyemorpheme wamorpheme rnye ‘facial hair’Nagano 97 GyQ: 8.1.2

rGyalrongtaprefix memorpheme wamorpheme rnye ‘leg hair’Nagano 97 GyQ: 8.1.33

rGyalrongtaprefix pyemorpheme khamorpheme wamorpheme rnye ‘underarm hair’Nagano 97 GyQ: 8.1.31

rGyalrongtaprefix rnye ‘hair’Nagano 97 GyQ: 8.1

rGyalrongtamorpheme ro#288 PTB *b/g-raŋ ‘CHEST’ rnye ‘chest hair’Nagano 97 GyQ: 8.1.32

rGyalrongtAprefix shimorpheme tAmorpheme wumorpheme rnye ‘female pubic hair’Nagano 97 GyQ: 10.4.5

rGyalrongtAprefix shimorpheme temorpheme wamorpheme rnye ‘male pubic hair’Nagano 97 GyQ: 10.3.6

rGyalrongtAprefix shna#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ wumorpheme rnye ‘nose hair’Nagano 97 GyQ: 3.5.4

rGyalrongtaprefix wo#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’ rnye ‘hair of head’Nagano 97 GyQ: 2.7

rGyalrongtaprefix wu#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’ rnye ‘hair of head’Nagano 97 GyQ: 8.1.1

rGBenzhentaprefix-rɲe ‘hair’Sun J 97 rGB

rGBenzhentəprefix-lɐmʔmorpheme momorpheme-rɲe ‘pubic hair’Sun J 97 rGB

rGBenzhentəprefix-wu#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’ rɲe ‘hair of head’Sun J 97 rGB

rGBenzhentəprefix-ʃtuʔmorpheme momorpheme-rɲe ‘pubic hair’Sun J 97 rGB

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Rawangni³³ san³³morpheme n.‘braid, plait’LaPolla 03: 85

Anongñi⁵⁵ ‘hair’Sun J 88 Ano

Nungɑ³¹prefixȵi⁵⁵ n‘hair’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0075.21

Anongɑ³¹prefixȵi⁵⁵ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.44

Anongəprefix◦ni ⪤ təprefix◦ni ‘hair of head’Benedict 72 STC: 292

Anongəprefix◦ni~təprefix◦ni ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 051

Anongəprefix◦ni~təprefix◦ni ‘hair(head)’LaPolla 87: 62

Rawangəprefix◦ni³³ ‘hair of head’LaPolla 03: 84

Rawangəprefix◦ni³³ bɑ³¹morpheme wɛ³³morpheme ‘thin (hair)’LaPolla 03: 1059

Trung [Dulong]u⁴⁴#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’ nĕi⁴⁴ ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Dulongu⁵⁵#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’ni⁵⁵blɑt⁵⁵#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’ n‘braid / plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0076.20

Trung [Dulong]u⁵⁵#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’nɑ̆i⁵⁵blɑt⁵⁵#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’ ‘plait’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 235.46

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)u⁵⁵#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’ nɑ̆i⁵⁵ blɑt⁵⁵#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’ n‘braid (hair)’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)nɯ³¹ tsʰɯm⁵⁵#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘beard’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)u⁵³#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’ ne⁵³ blɑt⁵⁵#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’ n‘braid (hair)’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish15

Nosuo̱³³#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’ȵe³³ ‘hair of head’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.1

Nosuȵe³³ ‘fur’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.4

Nosuȵe³³ ‘feather’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.5

Yi (Liangshan)ȵɛ³³ ‘fur; hair’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Xide)o²#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’ɲi² ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 051

Yi (Xide)ȵe³³ ‘fur’Chen 85 YiJZ

Yi (Xide)ȵe³³ n‘hair / down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0266.35

Yi (Xide)ȵe³³ n‘feather / plume’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0299.35

Yi (Xide)ȵe³³ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.21

Yi (Xide)ȵe³³ ‘feather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 173.21

Yi (Xide)ȵᴇ³³ ‘hair, feather’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)ɔ³³#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’ ȵe³³ ‘hair’Chen 85 YiJZ

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Ahixo²¹morpheme nɯ̱³³ be³³morpheme zo²¹morpheme ‘body hair’Luo 90: 8.1.3

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #368, *r-(n/m)ey ‘HAIR OF HEAD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/368

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

References: cf. STC#292, HTPB p.206

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-368,
  title  = {{*r-(n/m)ey 'HAIR OF HEAD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #368},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/368}
}