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*ban

MOUTH / LIP

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlebaninitialbrhymeancoverP · N

Notes

Forms with final labial nasal are easily explained in terms of assimilation to the following syllable. However, the reflexes still vary between -n and -ŋ.

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.4Meithei6

Meitheichim#667 PTB *tsyin ‘VAGINA / CLITORIS / MOUTH / LIP’◦ban ‘lip’Note the optional assimilation of the medial consonants.Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheichin#667 PTB *tsyin ‘VAGINA / CLITORIS / MOUTH / LIP’◦bân ‘lip’Matisoff 87 BP

Meitheicin#667 PTB *tsyin ‘VAGINA / CLITORIS / MOUTH / LIP’◦ban ‘lip’Singh 91 MeiQ: 3.9

Meitheiməkhathəŋbəmorpheme cin#667 PTB *tsyin ‘VAGINA / CLITORIS / MOUTH / LIP’◦ban ‘lower lip’Singh 91 MeiQ: 3.9.2

Meitheiməthəkthəŋbəmorpheme cin#667 PTB *tsyin ‘VAGINA / CLITORIS / MOUTH / LIP’◦ban ‘upper lip’Singh 91 MeiQ: 3.9.1

Meitheithu#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’◦ban ‘vulva / labia’Singh 91 MeiQ: 10.4.2

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang2

Konyakju#442 PTB *m-ts(y)ul ‘NOSE AND MOUTH / LIP / LOWER PART OF FACE’ pen ‘lip’French 83: 524

Konyakju#442 PTB *m-ts(y)ul ‘NOSE AND MOUTH / LIP / LOWER PART OF FACE’◦pen ‘lip’Marrison 67 Naga

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Xide)bu⁵⁵-tɕɿ⁵⁵#596 PTB *m/s-k-rəy ‘SKIN’TGTM *ᴬɖi ‘SKIN’PLB *m-k-rəy¹ ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’ ‘lip’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Sani [Nyi]bɒ²¹pɒ³³#476 PTB *m-p(r)(w)aŋ ‘MOUTH’PTani *fi-buŋ ‘BEAK’PCN *paŋ ‘MOUTH’; ni⁵⁵#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ȵɛ³³#441 PTB *s-nyas ‘LIP’ ‘mouth’Wu 84

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish10

Côông [Phunoi]bam◦fòn#476 PTB *m-p(r)(w)aŋ ‘MOUTH’PTani *fi-buŋ ‘BEAK’PCN *paŋ ‘MOUTH’ ‘mouth’Matisoff 87 BP

Côông [Phunoi]bàn hmot#1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’MesorootsPTani *mɯt ‘HAIR (OF BODY)’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’ ‘beard’Matisoff 87 BP

Côông [Phunoi]bàn hmut#1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’MesorootsPTani *mɯt ‘HAIR (OF BODY)’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’ ‘beard’Bradley 79 PLo

Côông [Phunoi]bàn◦khò#589 PTB *kwa ‘SKIN’ ‘lip’Matisoff 87 BP

Côông [Phunoi]bɑm³³ fon¹¹#476 PTB *m-p(r)(w)aŋ ‘MOUTH’PTani *fi-buŋ ‘BEAK’PCN *paŋ ‘MOUTH’ ‘mouth’Bradley xx Phu

Côông [Phunoi]bɑn³³ kʰo³³#589 PTB *kwa ‘SKIN’ ‘lip’Bradley xx Phu

Côông [Phunoi]bɑn¹¹ hmot³³#1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’MesorootsPTani *mɯt ‘HAIR (OF BODY)’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’ ‘beard’Bradley xx Phu

Côông [Phunoi]bɑn¹¹ kʰo¹¹#589 PTB *kwa ‘SKIN’ ‘lip’Bradley xx Phu

Côông [Phunoi]hija#3442 PTB *s-ŋak ‘BIRD’PLB *s-ŋ(y)akᴴ ‘BIRD’ ban põ³¹#476 PTB *m-p(r)(w)aŋ ‘MOUTH’PTani *fi-buŋ ‘BEAK’PCN *paŋ ‘MOUTH’ ‘beak / bill’Ferlus 91: 3.9.3

Côông [Phunoi]va³¹#1006 PTB *pʷak ‘PIG’PKC *wok ‘PIG’PTk *hwok ‘PIG’PNN *wak ‘PIG’TGTM *ᴮɖwa ‘PIG’PLB *wakᴸ ‘PIG’PKar *thɔʔ / tháuʔ ‘PIG’PKar *thɔɁᴰ ‘PIG’PKar *thɔɁᴰmiᴬ ‘BOAR (WILD~)’PBai *te ‘PIG’ ban³¹ põmorpheme ãflə⁵⁵morpheme ‘snout (pig)’Ferlus 91: 3.5.5

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #453, *ban ‘MOUTH / LIP’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/453

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-453,
  title  = {{*ban 'MOUTH / LIP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #453},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/453}
}