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STEDT #43

*ni

LEAN (MEAT)
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleniinitialnrhymeicoverM · V

Connections

See alsoRED

Notes

The Nusu voiceless nasals point to an ʔ- prefix at the PLB stage. The Lahu mid tone is also compatible with the glottal prefix.

It has been suggested that there is a connection between this root and #2499 PTB *r-ni RED, since lean meat has a red appearance due to the lack of fat marbling, but this remains to be seen.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Milangcomorpheme-ɲi ‘lean’Tayeng 76 Mil

6.1.1Burmish1

Achang (Luxi)nɛ⁵⁵ ‘lean (meat)’Dai 85 AcJZ

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish6

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #43, *ni ‘LEAN (MEAT)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/43
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-43,
  title  = {{*ni 'LEAN (MEAT)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #43},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/43}
}