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STEDT #452

*b(i/u)l ⪤ *byal

LIP / LOBE / LID
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleburinitialbrhymeur ORcoverP · L

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*bel ‘LIP’JS-HCST: 233

Notes

This root apparently shows two types of allofamic variation: -i- ⪤ -u- and -i- ⪤ -ya-, parallel to the patterns shown by #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal HAIR / FUR / FEATHER.

Reflexes & cognates29 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

1.1.1.1Western Tani16

Bengniaprefix-jaːmorpheme namorpheme-bɯr ‘upper lip’Sun J 93 Tani
Nishingbar-dummorpheme ‘lip (upper)’Das Gupta 69 Daf
Nishingbar-komorpheme ‘lip (lower)’Das Gupta 69 Daf

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani5

Padam [Abor]napmorpheme-bel ‘lip’Sun J 93 HCST
Milangɳumorpheme-giŋmorpheme-nap#470 PTB *nap ‘MOUTH’-bel ‘lip (upper)’Tayeng 76 Mil
Milangɳukmorpheme-pakmorpheme-nap#470 PTB *nap ‘MOUTH’-bel ‘lip (lower)’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.1.2Deng1

Idueprefix◦nomorpheme◦bru ‘lip(upper)’Pulu 78

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #452, *b(i/u)l ⪤ *byal ‘LIP / LOBE / LID’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/452
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-452,
  title  = {{*b(i/u)l ⪤ *byal 'LIP / LOBE / LID'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #452},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/452}
}