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STEDT #441

*s-nyas

LIP

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlenesprefixsinitialnrhymeescoverM · S

Connections

HPTB*s-nes ‘lip / beak’p. 435

Reflexes & cognates24 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-nes ‘lip / beak’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 604

1NE Indian Areal Group1

*Kuki-Naga*hneʔ n.Benedict 72 STC: 16, n. 59

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Tiddim-nɛʔ ‘lower lip’Matisoff 87 BP

Tiddimnɛʔ ‘lower lip’Benedict 72 STC: 16n59

Tiddimˍnɛʔ n‘lip (lower)’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lushai [Mizo]heh ‘lip (lower)’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]heh ‘lower lip’Matisoff 87 BP

Lushai [Mizo]heʔ ‘lower lip’Benedict 72 STC: 16n59

Lushai [Mizo]heʔ ‘lower lip’Benedict 72 STC: p.16

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group8

Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix me³¹#1187 PTB *s-ma-y ‘FACE / CHEEK / FRONT / AHEAD / FIRST’PKC *hmaay ‘FACE / FRONT’PKC *hmaa ‘FRONT / FIRST’PKC *hmaay-saa ‘AHEAD / FIRST’PCN *hmaj ‘FACE / SURFACE’PTk *maj ‘FACE’ nye¹¹ ‘lip’Nienu 90 AngQ: 3.9

Chokri(u)prefix mü³¹#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ na¹¹ ‘lip’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 3.9

Chokri(u)prefix mü³¹#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ na¹¹ mü³¹morpheme khromorpheme ‘lower lip’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 3.9.2

Chokri(u)prefix mü³¹#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ na¹¹ mü³¹morpheme so¹¹morpheme ‘upper lip’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 3.9.1

Chokri(u)prefix mü³¹#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ na¹¹ ru³¹morpheme khro³morpheme ‘lower lip’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 3.9.2

Chokri(u)prefix mü³¹#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ na¹¹ rü³¹morpheme so¹¹morpheme ‘upper lip’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 3.9.1

Chokri(u)prefix mü³¹#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ na¹¹ u³¹morpheme khro³³morpheme ‘lower lip’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 3.9.2

Chokri(u)prefix mü³¹#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ na¹¹ u³¹morpheme so¹¹morpheme ‘upper lip’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 3.9.1

3.3.1rGyalrong7

rGyalrongäprefix◦śnäs ‘lip / beak’Benedict 72 STC: p.16

rGyalrong (Eastern)pamorpheme◦tsamorpheme wumorpheme ʃnos ‘beak / bill’Sun H 91 rEQ: 3.9.3

rGyalrongtəprefix ɕnəs ‘lip’Dai 89 Jiar: 3.9

rGyalrongtəprefix ɕnəs məimorpheme nɛmorpheme ‘lower lip’Dai 89 Jiar: 3.9.2

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦sȵɛs◦pʰo#806 PTB *bu(k/ŋ) ‘NOSE / NOSTRIL’ ‘nostril’Sun H 91 rNW: 3.5.2

rGyalrong (Eastern)təprefix◦ʃno ndʐi#596 PTB *m/s-k-rəy ‘SKIN’TGTM *ᴬɖi ‘SKIN’PLB *m-k-rəy¹ ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’ ‘lip’Sun H 91 rEQ: 3.9

rGyalrong (Eastern)təprefix◦ʃnos məjnɐmorpheme ‘lower lip’Sun H 91 rEQ: 3.9.2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #441, *s-nyas ‘LIP’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/441

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

References: STC p.16

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-441,
  title  = {{*s-nyas 'LIP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #441},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/441}
}