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STEDT #4769

*mey

GOAT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*mee ‘GOAT’PKC #769
Tangkhulic*mej ‘GOAT’DRM#598

Notes

This etymon evidently has an onomatopoetic component.

Reflexes & cognates27 reflexes · 13 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Khumimíe’◦ieemorpheme ‘goat’VanBik 09 PKC: 769

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)me-heʔmorpheme ‘goat’VanBik 09 PKC: 769
Lushai [Mizo]mè mè n‘Lushai call for goats’VanBik 09 PKC: 769

1.2.3Maraic1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Yimchungrümi◦numorpheme ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Khezhaeprefix◦mü ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group7

Khoiraokamorpheme◦mi ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeikamorpheme◦mih ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga
Maramaprefix◦mi ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemekemorpheme◦mei ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemekemorpheme◦mei◦memorpheme◦limorpheme ‘sheep’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemehemorpheme◦meu ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic7

Champhungamorpheme-mɯ ‘goat’Brown 37 Indo
Tusomma-kmorpheme-rimorpheme ‘goat’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.031

1.4Meithei1

Meitheihamorpheme◦meng ‘goat’The final nasals in Meithei and Deuri are perhaps due to assimilation to the syllable initial.Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.4Deori1

Deori/Deurimẽ ‘goat (as a sacrificial animal in a temple)’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang2

Phommi ‘sheep’Marrison 67 Naga
Phommi⁵⁵ ‘sheep’Burling 98 Phom

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Barammi◦chjamorpheme ‘goat’Kansakar 10 Baram: 94

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Yamphumæ•ʔ◦masuffix n‘goat’Rutgers 98: 555.36

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4769, *mey ‘GOAT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4769
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #769
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4769,
  title  = {{*mey 'GOAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4769},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4769}
}