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STEDT #5517

*m-ba

SHINE / BRIGHT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Notes

The stronghold of this root is Lolo-Burmese, with scattered but good cognates in Tangut-Qiang.

Reflexes & cognates68 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanm-ba ‘shine / bright’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 584

3.1Tangut2

Tangut [Xixia]mbiɦ v.‘shine’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 123

Tangut [Xixia]mbiɦ ‘become bright’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 71

3.2Qiangic3

Namuyibi⁵⁵la⁵⁵morpheme ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.19

Namuyibi⁵⁵la⁵⁵morpheme ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.46

Qiang (Mawo)pɑʐ ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.8

6.1.1Burmish5

Achang (Lianghe)pɑ³¹ ‘bright’Dai 85 AcJZ

Bola (Luxi)pa̱³⁵ ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.32

Burmese (Written)pá ‘shine’Coblin 86: 50

Burmese (Written)pa' ‘shine’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 71

Burmese (Written)paʼ v.‘shine’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2Loloish2

*Loloishm-ba³ ‘bright’Bradley 79 PLo: 556

PNLm-ba³ ‘bright’Chen 86 CS: 106.

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish23

Laloba ‘bright / shining’Björverud 94

Laloba̱³³ ‘light’Chen 86 CS: 77.

Laloba⁵⁵ ‘bright’Chen 86 CS: 106.

Liphobo³³ ‘bright’Chen 86 CS: 106.

Nasubo²¹ ‘bright’Chen 86 CS: 106.

Neisubo²¹ ‘bright’Chen 86 CS: 106.

Nesubo²¹ ‘bright’Chen 86 CS: 106.

Nosubo³³ ‘bright’Chen 86 CS: 106.

Nusu (Bijiang)bɑ⁵⁵bɑ³¹ ‘white’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 840.45

Yi (Dafang)bo²¹ ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.22

Yi (Liangshan)bo²¹lo³³morpheme ‘bright (lit up); lit up’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)bo²¹ɕɿ³³morpheme ‘ray of light’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)bɔ²¹lɔ³³morpheme ‘bright (lamp or fire)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Mile)bo³³li²¹morphememo³³morpheme ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.25

Yi (Mojiang)bo²¹ ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.26

Yi (Nanhua)bɯ³³lə³³morpheme ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.37

Yi (Nanhua)bɯ³³lɯ³³morpheme ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.24

Yi (Nanjian)bɑ³³ ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.23

Yi (Weishan)bɑ³³ ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.36

Yi (Weishan)ɑ⁵⁵prefixtu̱²¹morphemebɑ³³ n‘light’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0003.36

Yi (Wuding)bu̱² ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.38

Yi (Xide)bo²¹lo³³morpheme ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.35

Yi (Xide)bo²¹lo³³morpheme ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish15

Ahibo² ‘bright’Chen 86 CS: 106.

Lahu (Lancang)bɑ³³ ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.43

Lahu (Black)ba ‘shine’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 71

Lahu (Black)bᴀ³³ ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.33

Lahu (Yellow)ba¹ ‘bright / promising’Chang 86

Lahu (Yellow)ba¹~pɔ³morpheme ‘bright’Chang 86

Lisuba³³ ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.40

Lisu (Northern)ba⁴⁴ V‘bright; clear; sunny’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ba⁴⁴ba³⁵ ‘bright-coloured’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ba⁴⁴le³³morpheme ‘clear (weather); bright; smooth’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ba⁴⁴le³⁵morphemeza²¹morpheme ‘bright’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ba⁴⁴lø⁵⁵morphemeø³³morpheme ‘bright; shiny; open and above board; glistening’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisubɑ³³ ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.27

Sani [Nyi]ba³³ ‘bright’Chen 86 CS: 106.

Yi (Sani)bɒ³³ ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish11

Akha (Thai)ba ‘white, light’Hansson 89 AHKP: 50

Akha (Yunnan)jɔmorpheme ba ‘white, light’Hansson 89 AHKP: 50

Hani (Lüchun)bá vùmorpheme ‘white, light’Hansson 89 AHKP: 50

Hani (Lüchun)bjá vùmorpheme ‘white, light’Hansson 89 AHKP: 50

Hani (Dazhai)bja³³ ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.31

Hani (Lüchun)bja³³ ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.41

Hani (Gelanghe)ba³³ ‘white’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Gelanghe)bja³³ ‘bright’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Wordlist)bba ‘white, light’Hansson 89 AHKP: 50

Hani (Shuikui)pɔ³³ ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.32

Hani (Mojiang)pɔ³³ ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.42

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish3

Azhapɔ³³ ‘bright; light’Pelkey 11 Phula: 952

Southern Mujiba²¹ ‘bright; light’Pelkey 11 Phula: 952

Phuzaba³³ ‘bright; light’Pelkey 11 Phula: 952

6.2Naxi5

Na (Yongning)bu˧ ‘bright, shining’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Naxibu³³ n‘light’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0003.45

Naxibu³³ ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.45

Naxi (Yongning)bu³³ ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.29

Naxi (Lijiang)mbu³³ ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.28

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5517, *m-ba ‘SHINE / BRIGHT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5517

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

References: cf. HPTB pp. 123, 163

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5517,
  title  = {{*m-ba 'SHINE / BRIGHT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5517},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5517}
}