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*mey

FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleməyinitialmrhymeəycoverM · W

Notes

(*may⪤*mey); PNN *meːy (WTF 521).

Chinese comparandum

S381 mi deer (meat)

Reflexes & cognates94 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Kom Remmeh ‘meat’Toba 91 KRQ: 1.11

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group2

Angami Naga²the#47 PTB *ta(m)- ‘FLESH / MEAT’◦⁴muo ‘meat’Angami ²the- sometimes reflects prefixal *s-.Weidert 87 TBTo: 91

Maoiprefix◦mi◦chüsimorpheme ‘jackal’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group2

Liangmeikaprefix-mî ‘meat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 91

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiməi◦g̯i#596 PTB *m/s-k-rəy ‘SKIN’TGTM *ᴬɖi ‘SKIN’PLB *m-k-rəy¹ ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’ ‘skin’Matisoff 94 Rong

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]me◦sangmorpheme ‘monkey (langur)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo8

Bodomə́y ‘deer’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodomɤiʔ ‘deer’Weidert 87 TBTo: 91

Dimasamei ‘deer (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Dimasami◦shaimorpheme ‘deer (barking)’Marrison 67 Naga

Mechemɤiʔ ‘deer’Weidert 87 TBTo: 91

Mechemɤi◦saʔ#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ ‘meat’[Source note] lit. flesh-meat, cf. mʌ́i ‘meat’ in Tamlu-Konyak [Weidert 1987: 41].Weidert 87 TBTo: 140

Mechemɤi◦saʔ#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ ‘meat / flesh’Weidert 87 TBTo: 289

Mechemɤi◦saʔ#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ ‘flesh-meat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 41

1.7.1.4Deori25

Deori/Deurihogorimorpheme me◦simorpheme n‘barking deer, Muntiacus muntjac Zimmerman [As. sagoli pohu]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurihohaloanword me◦simorpheme n‘Indian hare, Lepus nigricollis Cuvier (& Lepus sadiya Kloss) [As. soha pohu]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurihormorpheme me◦simorpheme n‘big deer, or sambar, Cervus unicolor Kerr [As. hor]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurihorinamorpheme me◦simorpheme ‘hog deer, spotted deer [As. horina pohu, phutaki pohu]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurime-basimorpheme ‘fat [see sena]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurimey◦jumorpheme ‘rhinoceros [see meysu]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurimey◦sumorpheme ‘rhinoceros, Rhinocerus unicornis L. [rare word] [meysu, meyju]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurime◦angmorpheme ‘elephant’Brown 95: 65

Deori/Deurime◦bamorpheme ‘fat’Brown 95: 70

Deori/Deurime◦cãmorpheme ‘otter, Lutra lutra L.’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurime◦cumorpheme ‘animal (on earth) [not čĩjã]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurime◦gomorpheme ‘lion (?, a rare word anyway)’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurime◦jamorpheme ‘wild pig, Sus scrofa L.’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurime◦jamorpheme ‘pig (wild)’Brown 95: 68

Deori/Deurime◦õmorpheme ‘elephant [see meyõ] [meõ, meũ]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurime◦pumorpheme ‘monitor lizard’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurime◦rumorpheme ‘ant-eating, striped quadruped’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurime◦sa#2805 PTB *g-zik ‘LEOPARD’ ‘tiger, Panthera tigris L.’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurime◦sa#2805 PTB *g-zik ‘LEOPARD’ ‘tiger’Brown 95: 69

Deori/Deurime◦shimorpheme ‘deer’Brown 95: 65

Deori/Deurime◦simorpheme ‘deer [see hor, horina hogori, hoha; the category mesi is now eqivalent to the As. "pohu" category]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurime◦surumorpheme ‘jackal’Brown 95: 67

Deori/Deurime◦tsamorpheme ‘otter’Brown 95: 68

Deori/Deurime◦tumorpheme n‘unidentified quadruped’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Deori/Deurime◦yõmorpheme n‘Indian elephant, Elephas maximus L., wild or domestic [var. meũ, meõ]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagameːy ‘meat / flesh’French 83: 521

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang42

Changkumorpheme◦mei ‘monkey (macaque)’Marrison 67 Naga

Changkumorpheme◦shuomorpheme-kumorpheme◦mei ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Changmei šoumorpheme ‘monkey (generic)’French 83: 521

Changmei◦shimorpheme ‘deer (barking)’Marrison 67 Naga

Changmei◦shoumorpheme ‘pig (wild)’Marrison 67 Naga

Changšu#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ mei ‘meat / flesh’French 83: 521

Konyakmei ‘flesh’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakmei ‘meat’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakmei ‘animal’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakmei ‘animal, meat, flesh’French 83: 521

Konyakmei ‘barking deer’French 83: 521

Konyakmei ñakmorpheme ‘donkey’French 83: 521

Konyakmei nemmorpheme ‘game (four footed); sago palm’French 83: 521

Konyakmei ñumorpheme ‘elephant’French 83: 458

Konyakmei šimorpheme ‘barking deer’French 83: 521

Konyakmei šimorpheme ‘wild boar’French 83: 521

Konyakmei šomorpheme ‘rotten’French 83: 521

Konyakmei šomorpheme ‘skin, leather’French 83: 549

Konyakmei yomorpheme ‘langur; squirrel’French 83: 521

Konyakmei-khepmorpheme ‘hunt’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakmei◦lamorpheme ‘pig (wild)’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakmei◦nemmorpheme ‘rotten’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakmei◦nyumorpheme ‘elephant’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakmei◦shimorpheme v‘kill’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakmei◦shimorpheme ‘deer (barking)’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakmei◦shomorpheme ‘leather’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakmei◦yomorpheme ‘monkey (langur)’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakmei◦yomorpheme ‘squirrel’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakshimorpheme◦mei ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakshomorpheme, mei◦shomorpheme ‘skin’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakšimorpheme mei ‘monkey’French 83: 521

Konyak (Tamlu)mʌ́i ‘meat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 41

Phommʌy³¹ʃi³¹morpheme ‘deer (barking)’Burling 98 Phom

Phommʌy³¹ʃæŋ⁵⁵morpheme ‘monkey (macaque)’Burling 98 Phom

Wanchomai ‘flesh’Marrison 67 Naga

Wanchomai ‘meat’Marrison 67 Naga

Wanchomai ‘deer (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Wanchomai ‘deer’French 83: 521

Wanchomai isuffix ‘animal , meat, flesh’French 83: 521

Wanchomai nak#2483 PTB *s-nak ‘BLACK’PKC *nak ‘BLACK’PCN *a-njak ‘BLACK’PNN *C̥-ɲak ‘BLACK’PLB *s-nakᴴ ‘BLACK’PL *C-nakᴴ ‘BLACK’ ‘ape, monkey’French 83: 521

Wanchomai◦nak#2483 PTB *s-nak ‘BLACK’PKC *nak ‘BLACK’PCN *a-njak ‘BLACK’PNN *C̥-ɲak ‘BLACK’PLB *s-nakᴴ ‘BLACK’PL *C-nakᴴ ‘BLACK’ ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Wanchome nak#2483 PTB *s-nak ‘BLACK’PKC *nak ‘BLACK’PCN *a-njak ‘BLACK’PNN *C̥-ɲak ‘BLACK’PLB *s-nakᴴ ‘BLACK’PL *C-nakᴴ ‘BLACK’ ‘monkey’French 83: 521

1.7.3.2Asakian2

Sakmí-lakmorpheme ‘skin’Matisoff 87 BP

Sakmə-là³morpheme ‘skin’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang11

Chepangmaiʔ ‘meat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 91

Chepangmāyʔ ‘flesh; meat’Matisoff 87 BP

Chepangmayʔ n.‘meat, food with meat in it, flesh, woody part of tree, gum on stick; prey, game, victim of demon (ext.)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangmayʔ ‘flesh’Caughley 72 CVoc: 1.29

Chepangmayʔ ‘meat’Caughley 72 CVoc: 7.A.15

Chepangmayʔ hlyawʔmorpheme- vt.‘twitch (flesh)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangmayʔ pləwʔmorpheme- vi.‘have disease where flesh is twisted (cholera?)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangmayʔ srutmorpheme- vt.‘twinge’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangmayʔ.ʔomorpheme n.‘snack (meat, pickle or chutney) taken along with beer, spirit’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangmayʔ/syaʔ#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ gulhmorpheme- vt.‘hunt’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepang (Eastern)mayʔ ‘flesh / meat’Caughley 90 CheQ: 1.11

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #39, *mey ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/39

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-39,
  title  = {{*mey 'FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #39},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/39}
}