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STEDT #543

*nir

PHLEGM

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This weakly attested root is not to be confused with the widespread etymon #805 PTB *s-nap SNOT / NASAL MUCUS.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]aprefix◦nir ‘mucus’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphopu#2623 PTB *s-b/m-ruːl ‘SNAKE’PTani *bɯr-taŋ ‘POISONOUS SNAKE / VIPER’PKC *ruul ‘SNAKE’PCN *ph-rə ‘SNAKE’PTk *ruul ‘SNAKE’PLB *m-r-wəy¹ ‘SNAKE’PKar *rowᴮ ‘SNAKE’-nen ‘phlegm, mucus secreted by snake’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphopəmorpheme◦nen ‘mucus, phlegm’Dai 83 Jing: 661

2.1.4Tamangish3

Tamang (Sahu)khre#540 PTB *k(r)aːk ‘PHLEGM / SPUTUM / MUCUS’PTani *kak ‘PHLEGM’PKC *khaak ‘PHLEGM / MUCUS’PKir *khakma ‘SPUTUM’◦nyet ‘phlegm / sputum / saliva / mucus’Matisoff 87 BP

Thakali (Tukche)'khā#540 PTB *k(r)aːk ‘PHLEGM / SPUTUM / MUCUS’PTani *kak ‘PHLEGM’PKC *khaak ‘PHLEGM / MUCUS’PKir *khakma ‘SPUTUM’◦ne ‘phlegm / sputum / saliva / mucus’Matisoff 87 BP

Thakali (Tukche)'kʰa#540 PTB *k(r)aːk ‘PHLEGM / SPUTUM / MUCUS’PTani *kak ‘PHLEGM’PKC *khaak ‘PHLEGM / MUCUS’PKir *khakma ‘SPUTUM’◦ne ‘sputum / phlegm’Hari 71a ThVo: 2.A.68.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #543, *nir ‘PHLEGM’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/543

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-543,
  title  = {{*nir 'PHLEGM'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #543},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/543}
}