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STEDT #4766

*muy

FIGURE / LOOK

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Notes

This etymon is possibly related to #1187 PTB *s-ma-y FACE / CHEEK / FRONT / AHEAD / FIRST.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin2

*Chinmuy VanBik 09 PKC: 766

*Chinmuy-sham#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘APPEARANCE / FACE’VanBik 09 PKC: 749

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Ashoʻmoi-sán#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘face’VanBik 09 PKC: 749

Cho (Mindat)ʻmüi ‘look, appearance, color’VanBik 09 PKC: 766

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)mǔy ‘figure, look’VanBik 09 PKC: 766

Lai (Hakha)mǔy sâm#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘appearance, face’VanBik 09 PKC: 749

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4766, *muy ‘FIGURE / LOOK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4766

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

References: PKC #766

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4766,
  title  = {{*muy 'FIGURE / LOOK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4766},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4766}
}