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STEDT #456

*b-lu

LIP
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handleluprefixbinitiallrhymeu-ŋsuffixŋcoverL · VN

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*phlỳ'  ‘LIP’

Reflexes & cognates30 reflexes · 7 subgroups

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Yakhayamorpheme◦bulu◦ʔamorpheme ‘lip’1st morphemes = ‘mouth’Kohn 90: 3.9

5Tujia2

Tujiaa²¹prefix ze²¹morpheme kɯ²¹morpheme lo²¹ ‘lip’=mouth+skinChen 86 TuMQ: 3.9
Tujia (Southern)ʔa²¹prefix ze²¹morpheme kɨ²¹morpheme lo²¹ ‘lip’Tian 86

6.1.2.2Central Loloish9

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #456, *b-lu ‘LIP’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/456
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-456,
  title  = {{*b-lu 'LIP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #456},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/456}
}