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STEDT #4882

*s-may

WIDOW / WIDOWER

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*hmay ‘WIDOW / WIDOWER’

Reflexes & cognates67 reflexes · 20 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Milangme-cimorpheme ‘widow, widower’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinhmay VanBik 09 PKC: 882

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Thadomèy thǎaymorpheme ‘widow, widower’VanBik 09 PKC: 882

Tiddimmei³ gong¹morpheme (nu¹morpheme) ‘widow ("female widow")’VanBik 09 PKC: 882

Tiddimmei³ gong¹morpheme (nu¹morpheme) ‘widow’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1099

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3

Cho (Mindat)hmei be v.‘left alone’VanBik 09 PKC: 882

Cho (Mindat)hmei-nu#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’ ‘widow’VanBik 09 PKC: 882

Khumilawmorpheme◦may ‘widower’VanBik 09 PKC: 882

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Hakha)(numorpheme/pamorpheme)-hmǎy ‘widow, widower’VanBik 09 PKC: 882

Lai (Falam)nu#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’-hmày ‘widower’VanBik 09 PKC: 882

Lushai [Mizo]hmèi-chhìa n‘woman, a female, a wife’VanBik 09 PKC: 882

Lushai [Mizo]hmei-thaimorpheme ‘widow’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1099

Lushai [Mizo]hmei◦thaimorpheme ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)12

*Ao(aprefix-)hmi- ‘WIDOW’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.204

Ao (Chungli)a³prefix-mi¹tsəɹ¹morpheme n.‘widow’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.204

Ao (Chungli)aprefix◦mi◦tzürmorpheme ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Khensa)hmì◦làɹmorpheme n.‘widow’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.204

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)mi◦lermorpheme ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-miʔ³ n.‘widow’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagaēprefix◦mì ‘widow’Acharya 75

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦mi ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦mi ‘widow’Murry 78: 137

Lotha Naga¹eprefix³mi(ʔ) ‘widow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 480

Sangtamchoprefix◦mi◦larümorpheme ‘widow’Kumar 73 Sang

Sangtamchoprefix◦mi◦larümorpheme ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group5

Angami (Khonoma)samorpheme◦mi◦pfümorpheme ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)samorpheme◦mi◦pfümorpheme ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)thenusamorpheme◦mi ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

Maonetopimorpheme◦mi ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]chimemorpheme◦mi ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group3

Rongmei / Nruanghmeisümorpheme◦mai◦puimorpheme ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

Zemekemorpheme◦mi◦puimorpheme ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

Mziemehemorpheme◦mi◦painamorpheme ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulramorpheme◦mei◦no#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’ ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulramorpheme◦mei◦vamorpheme ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]hemorpheme◦me◦pimorpheme ‘widow’Marrison 67 Naga

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Yamphuraŋmorpheme◦miʔ◦mamorpheme n‘widow’Rutgers 98: 570.08

3.2Qiangic2

Lyuzutʂhu³³morphememæ⁵³ n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.18

Xumime³³zu⁵³morpheme n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.17

4Nungic2

Nungmi⁵⁵mɑ³¹morpheme n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.21

Rawangmɛ³³ mɑ³¹morpheme ‘widow’LaPolla 03: 294

6.1.1Burmish3

Achang (Longchuan)meʔ³¹morphememaiʔ³¹ n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.28

Hpun (Northern)mɛ̀morpheme◦mài ‘widow’Henderson 86 Hpun

Marmamə◦chəmorpheme◦mǎmorpheme ‘widow’Huziwara 08 Sak: 159-4

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Nusu (Central)mi³¹tʂhɯ⁵⁵morphememi³¹morpheme n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.34

Yi (Liangshan)mu²¹tʂhɿ³³morphememo²¹morpheme ‘widow’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Weishan)mᴇ²¹tʂhɿ²¹morphememɑ³³morpheme n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.36

Yi (Wuding)mɒ⁵⁵tʂhɿ³³morphememu̱²morpheme n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.38

Yi (Xide)mu²¹tʂhɿ³³morphememo²¹morpheme n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish10

Jinuomi³³ɬɛ³³morpheme n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.44

Kucongmi31 tshu31morpheme mʌ33morpheme ‘widow’Dai 09 Kucong

*Common Lahumehˇ ‘widow’Bradley 79 PLo: 166-1

Lahu (Lancang)mɛ⁵³tɕhɔ⁵³morphememɑ³³morpheme n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.43

Lisu (Central)mū⁵-hchï⁵morpheme-ma³morpheme ‘widow’Fraser 22

Lisumū⁵hchï⁵morpheme (hpa⁵morpheme) ‘widow’Bradley 79 PLo: 166-1

Lisu (Northern)mɤ²¹tʃhɿ²¹morpheme nø³³morphemedze³³morpheme ‘widower or widow, orphan and childless’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)mɤ²¹tʃhɿ²¹morphemema³³morpheme ‘widow’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)za²¹morphemetʃhɿ²¹morpheme mɤ²¹tʃhɿ²¹morpheme ‘widow or widower and orphan’Bradley 94 Lisu

Yi (Sani)mæ¹¹tʂhʐ̩¹¹morphememɒ³³morpheme n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Hani (Lüchun)mi³¹tshø³¹morphememɔ³³morpheme n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.41

Hani (Mojiang)mi³¹tʃhɿ³¹morphememɔ³³morpheme n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.42

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish6

Azhamɔ³³ʨʰy²²morphememɔ³³morpheme ‘widow’Pelkey 11 Phula: 376

Southern Mujimi²¹ʦʰʴɯ⁵⁵morphemema²¹morpheme ‘widow’Pelkey 11 Phula: 376

Pholami³³tʂʰɯ³³morphememɔ̠²³morpheme ‘widow’Pelkey 11 Phula: 376

Hlepho Phowami³³ʦʰɯ³³morphemema⁵⁵morpheme ‘widow’Pelkey 11 Phula: 376

Phu Khami¹³ kʰu³⁵morpheme ma⁵³morpheme ‘widow’Fried 00 PhuKha

Phuzamɛ³³ʦʰɯ⁵⁵morphemewʌ³³morpheme ‘widow’Pelkey 11 Phula: 376

6.2Naxi1

Laze (Xiangjiao)u˧morphememie˧ ʈʂʰv˧morpheme hĩ˧morpheme ‘widow’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 765

7Karenic2

Karenmɯ̱³¹gă³¹morphememɛ̱⁵⁵morpheme n‘widow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0251.50

Pa-Omɛ̂ mâimorpheme, pɔ̂morpheme mâimorpheme ‘widow, widower’Solnit 89 PaO

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4882, *s-may ‘WIDOW / WIDOWER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4882

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

References: PKC #882

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4882,
  title  = {{*s-may 'WIDOW / WIDOWER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4882},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4882}
}