Reconstruction analysis
handleburinitialbrhymeu(r)coverP · L
Notes
The final -r in this root is so far only attested in Nungic and Tangkhulic. The reconstruction of the rhyme needs further evaluation. In particular, some of the forms with open syllables might be better assigned to #163.
Note the striking similarity of the Dulong form to Karlgren’s OC reconstruction bʼi̯wər.
Chinese comparandum
肥 OC *bʼi̯wər, GSR #582a ‘fat, fertile (soil)’; B & S 2011: *bər {[b][ə]r}; Mand. féi.
Reflexes & cognates27 reflexes · 11 subgroups
1.1.2Deng1
1.3.4Tangkhulic1
1.7.1.1Bodo1
Kokborokbɔ-pʰam#163 PTB *s-bʷa(m/p) ‘SWELL / SWOLLEN / FAT / THICK / ROUNDED PART’MesorootsPCN *pəm ‘SWELL, BE SWOLLEN’PLB *C-pwap ‘SWELL UP / BE SWOLLEN / STOUT / CALF OF LEG’Allofams1a #163 PTB *s-bʷa(m/p) ‘SWELL / SWOLLEN / FAT / THICK / ROUNDED PART’1b #1317 PTB *bwap ‘CALF / LEG’ ‘fat’Tripuri 88
1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1
Changha#60 PTB *saːw ‘FAT (n.) / GREASE / OIL / SWEAT’PKC *thaaw ‘FAT / GREASE’PTk *tʰaw ‘FAT’ bu ‘fat (adj. and n.), grease’French 83: 485
2.1.4Tamangish2
Chantyalbo◦cha#42 PTB *tsow-s ‘FAT (v.a.) / OMENTUM’PCN *thu ‘OIL / GREASE / FAT’ ‘fat’Noonan 92: 8.3
Chantyalənnaraloanword-yemorpheme bo◦cho#42 PTB *tsow-s ‘FAT (v.a.) / OMENTUM’PCN *thu ‘OIL / GREASE / FAT’ ‘fat around intestines / omentum’Noonan 92: 8.3.1
3.3.1rGyalrong1
rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦pu◦tʃəm#42 PTB *tsow-s ‘FAT (v.a.) / OMENTUM’PCN *thu ‘OIL / GREASE / FAT’ ‘fat around intestines / omentum’Sun H 91 rNQ: 8.3.1
4Nungic6
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)bŭɹ⁵⁵ ɕɑ⁵⁵#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ ‘fat (meat)’Sun H 82 Dul
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3
6.1.2.2Central Loloish3
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3
Hani (Shuikui)ʃɔ³¹#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ pv̩⁵⁵ pv̩⁵⁵ ‘fatty (of meat)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Shuikui)ʃɔ³¹#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’pv̩⁵⁵ ‘fat (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 850.32
Côông [Phunoi]bŏ◦puɑn⁵⁵#163 PTB *s-bʷa(m/p) ‘SWELL / SWOLLEN / FAT / THICK / ROUNDED PART’MesorootsPCN *pəm ‘SWELL, BE SWOLLEN’PLB *C-pwap ‘SWELL UP / BE SWOLLEN / STOUT / CALF OF LEG’Allofams1a #163 PTB *s-bʷa(m/p) ‘SWELL / SWOLLEN / FAT / THICK / ROUNDED PART’1b #1317 PTB *bwap ‘CALF / LEG’ biɑ¹¹morpheme jɑu³³morpheme ‘fat’Bradley xx Phu
7Karenic5
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #50,
*bu(r) ‘FAT / FATTY (MEAT)’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/50Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-50,
title = {{*bu(r) 'FAT / FATTY (MEAT)'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #50},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/50}
}