STEDT #5429
*s-blu
PORCUPINE / HEDGEHOG
Intermediate reconstructions
Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-blu¹ ‘PORCUPINE’
Notes
This root is extremely well-attested in Lolo-Burmese-Naxi, and has solid cognates and Qiangic, West Himalayish, and Nungic.
Reflexes & cognates67 reflexes · 19 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1
1.2Kuki-Chin1
1.2.1.1Northern Chin1
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1
1.2.2Central Chin2
1.2.3Maraic1
1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1
1.4Meithei1
Meitheisa#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’◦bu ‘porcupine’Marrison 67 Naga
2.1.1Western Himalayish4
Kanauris̱ẖā#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’◦phō n‘porcupine’Bailey 11
3.2Qiangic4
4Nungic2
6.1Lolo-Burmese2
6.1.1Burmish15
6.1.2Loloish2
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish13
6.1.2.2Central Loloish13
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3
6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish2
6.2Naxi3
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #5429,
*s-blu ‘PORCUPINE / HEDGEHOG’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5429Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB pp. 74, 184
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5429,
title = {{*s-blu 'PORCUPINE / HEDGEHOG'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5429},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5429}
}