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STEDT #475

*mwa(n/t)

CUT / SLICE / CASTRATE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*meet ‘SHAVE / PEEL OFF / PARE’PKC #787

Reflexes & cognates41 reflexes · 16 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanmwan ⪤ mwat ‘cut / slice / castrate’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 603

1.1.2Deng3

Idua⁵¹prefixme⁵⁵ v‘castrate’Sun H 91 IduQ: 10.3.9
Iduɑ⁵¹prefixme⁵⁵ ‘castrate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 610.50
Yidu(ɑ³¹morphemeso⁵⁵morpheme) ɑ³¹prefixme⁵⁵ v.‘castrate (cocks)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1746.25

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinmeet ‘SHAVE / PEEL OFF / PARE’VanBik 09 PKC: 787

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Paitemeet khia ‘pare’VanBik 09 PKC: 787
Tiddimmeːt¹ ‘shave, cut hair, pare the skin (of apples, cucumbers)’VanBik 09 PKC: 787
Tiddimmeːt¹ v‘shave; cut hair; pare the skin [of apples; cucumbe’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1106
Tiddimmeːt¹ ‘shave...’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)met ‘scratch (with knife)’VanBik 09 PKC: 787

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Falam)mêet-I, mèet-II ‘peel off (skin), pare, shave (hair)’VanBik 09 PKC: 787
Lai (Hakha)meet-I, meʔ-II ‘shave, peel off (skin), pare’VanBik 09 PKC: 787
Lushai [Mizo]mêet-I, mèh-II v‘cut (the hair), to clip (as hair or wool), to shear (as wool or sheep, etc), to shave’VanBik 09 PKC: 787
Lushai [Mizo]meːt v‘shave; scrape; cut (the hair)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2679

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garomat-amorpheme n.‘wound / cut’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1057

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagameːt v.‘cut with a knife’French 83: 474

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang3

Konyakmet v‘cut (with knife)’Marrison 67 Naga
Phommei v‘cut (with knife)’Marrison 67 Naga
Phommei v‘cut (with axe)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho5

Jingphomōn n.‘cut fine; castrate (hog)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 518
Jingphomot / mon ‘cut, slice, shave’Benedict 72 STC: 99n283
Jingphomot³¹ ‘cut’Liu 84
Jingphomot³¹ v.‘cut up (vegetable)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1574.19
Jingphomot³¹ ‘cut (vegetable)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 634.47

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Bunanman likmorpheme◦camorpheme v‘castrate’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 10.3.9

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Spitimen cojemorpheme v‘castrate’Bodh 91: 10.3.9

3.2Qiangic4

Pumi (Taoba)mɛ⁵⁵ ɣo⁵⁵morpheme ‘castrate (caponize)’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Taoba)mɛ⁵⁵ɣo⁵⁵morpheme ‘castrate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 610.10
Xumim̥ĩ⁵⁵ βɛ⁵⁵morpheme ‘castrate’Sun H 91 ShiQ
Xumim̥ĩ⁵⁵βɛ⁵⁵morpheme ‘castrate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 610.20

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Lalomɯ²¹ v.‘castrate’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.9
Yi (Nanhua)mə²¹ v.‘castrate (cocks)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1746.37
Yi (Nanjian)mɯ²¹ ‘castrate (caponize)’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Nanjian)mɯ²¹ ‘castrate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 610.23
Yi (Weishan)mɯ⁵⁵ v.‘castrate (cocks)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1746.36

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Ahimɛ³³ lɑ⁵⁵morpheme v.‘castrate’Luo 90: 10.3.9
Ahimɛ³³la⁵⁵morpheme ‘castrate’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.9
Jinuomɐ⁴⁴ ‘castrate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 610.34
Sani [Nyi]mæ³³ ‘castrate, caponize’Wu 84: 33.5
Yi (Sani)mæ⁴⁴ v.‘castrate (cocks)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1746.39

8Bai4

Bai (Dali)mio³⁵ ‘castrate (caponize)’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Dali)mio³⁵ ‘castrate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 610.35
Bai (Jianchuan)miɛ⁵⁵ ‘castrate (caponize)’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)miɛ⁵⁵ ‘castrate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 610.36

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #475, *mwa(n/t) ‘CUT / SLICE / CASTRATE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/475
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.518
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-475,
  title  = {{*mwa(n/t) 'CUT / SLICE / CASTRATE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #475},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/475}
}