STEDT
STEDT #545

*m-ney

PENIS

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

Notes

This etymon is obviously an allofam of #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li PENIS. The reflexes in this set arose through assimilation of the lateral root-initial to the nasal prefix. In some cases (e.g. Jingpho, Meithei) the prefix still co-occurs with the secondary nasal root-initial. In other languages (e.g. Lahu) the prefix has disappeared as such, after supplanting the original root-initial (“prefix preemption”).1 This allofam occurs in Jingpho, and is widely attested in Lolo-Burmese; there are also a few scattered reflexes in languages of the NE Indian Areal Group (Chang, Meithei, Mru).

1 For the first use of the term “prefix preemption” see Matisoff 1972, “Tangkhul Naga and comparative TB”.

Reflexes & cognates64 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.4Meithei1

1.6Mru3

Mrunia- ‘penis’Matisoff 87 BP
Mruniɑ¹ ‘penis’Luce 85: Q.51
Mruniɑ⁴ ‘penis’Luce 85: Q.51

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

1.7.3.1Jingpho26

Jingphomənē ‘penis’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphomənè~mənéʔ ‘penis’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 049
Jingpho ‘penis’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphone-morpheme-morpheme ‘masturbation’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphone³¹khaʔ⁵⁵morpheme n.‘corona glandis’Dai 83 Jing
Jingphone³¹kjo̱³¹morpheme n.‘sexually dysfunctional male’Dai 83 Jing
Jingphone³¹si³³morpheme n.‘impotence’Dai 83 Jing
Jingphone³¹tan³¹morpheme n.‘large penis’Dai 83 Jing
Jingphone³¹than³³morpheme n.‘glans penis’Dai 83 Jing
Jingphone³¹tu̱m³³morpheme n.‘testicles’Dai 83 Jing
Jingphone³¹tʃin³¹morpheme n.‘circumcised penis’Dai 83 Jing
Jingphone³¹up⁵⁵morpheme n.‘uncircumcised penis’Dai 83 Jing
Jingphone³¹ʒuʔ⁵⁵morpheme n.‘masturbation’Dai 83 Jing
Jingpho¹mə¹nye ‘penis’Weidert 87 TBTo: 294

6.1.2.2Central Loloish19

Lahu (Shehleh)niˍ hk'eh˰morpheme ‘penis’Bradley 79 Lahu: 122
Lahu (Nyi)nyiˍ hk'eh˰morpheme ‘penis’Bradley 79 Lahu: 122
Lahu (Black)(-qhɛ̀ʔmorpheme) ‘penis’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black)-qhɛ̀ʔmorpheme ‘penis’Lahu qhɛ̀ʔ ‘to be notched’; probably so called because of the notched appearance of the corona glandis.Matisoff 85 GSTC: 049
Lahu (Black)-qhɛ̀ʔmorpheme ‘penis’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 260
Lahu (Black)-#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’-phɨ#1611 PTB *kʷəy ‘NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA’ ‘scrotum’Lahu phɨ occurs in many other Lahu compounds, including á-thɔ-phɨ ‘scabbard; sheath’ (“knife-nest”), ú-gɛ̂-phɨ ‘pillow-case’, khá-cè-phɨ ‘quiver for arrows’, yɨ̀ʔ-phɨ ‘bed’ (“sleep-nest”), lìʔ-phɨ ‘envelope’, etc.Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Bakeo)niˍ hk'eh˰morpheme ‘penis’Bradley 79 Lahu: 122

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #545, *m-ney ‘PENIS’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/545
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-545,
  title  = {{*m-ney 'PENIS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #545},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/545}
}