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*r-mey

TAIL

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-hmej ‘TAIL’PCN #055

Tangkhulic*mej ‘TAIL’DRM#409

Northern Naga/Konyakian*C̥-meːy ‘TAIL’

Karenic*meᴮ ‘TAIL’TL#289

Connections

Allofams

1 #1288 *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’
1a #5545 *r-mey ‘TAIL’

Reflexes & cognates51 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanr-may#1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’MesorootsPTani *me ~ *mjo ‘TAIL’PKC *C-may ‘TAIL’PLB *ʔ-m(r)ay² ‘TAIL’PL *ʔmri² ‘TAIL’Allofams1 #1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’1a #5545 PTB *r-mey ‘TAIL’~mey ‘tail’LaPolla 87: 84

*Tibeto-Burmanr-mey ‘tail’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 601

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringkaprefix◦mei ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)14

*Central Nagaaprefix-hmej Bruhn 14 PCN: III.055

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦ben#400 PTB *pin ‘HIPS’, teprefix◦mi ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦samorpheme◦mi ‘hip’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)taprefix◦mi ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-mi n.‘tail’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-sa#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’-mi n.‘rump, buttocks ('meat' + 'tail')’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-hmiʔ³ n.‘tail’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.055

Lotha Nagaēprefix◦mhì ‘tail’Acharya 75

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦mhi ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦mhi ‘tail’Murry 78: 122

Lotha Nagaemorpheme◦mhi ‘tail (of animal)’Nienu 90 LotQ: 5.10.3

Lotha Naga¹emorpheme³mhi(ʔ) ‘tail’Weidert 87 TBTo: 307

Yacham-Tengsataprefix◦mi ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüaprefix◦mo ‘tail’Kumar 73 Yim: 69

1.3.4Tangkhulic11

*Tangkhulicmej ‘tail’Mortensen 12 Tk: 409

Huishuʔamorpheme-kʰəmorpheme-mu ‘tail’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.113

Kachaikʰəmorpheme-mi ‘tail (of animal)’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.146

Tangkhulaprefix◦khaprefix◦mei ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulāprefix◦khaprefix◦mei ‘tail’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulaprefix◦khəprefix◦məy ‘tail’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 072

Tangkhulāprefix◦mei phāŋ#3326 PTB *pa(ŋ/k) ‘BACK / BOTTOM / UNDER / BEHIND’PNN *pʰaŋ ‘UNDER’◦ra#237 PTB *g-ra-t ‘BONE’ ‘pelvis’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulāprefix◦mei shommorpheme ‘coccyx’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhul¹əprefix¹khəprefix²məi ‘tail’Weidert 87 TBTo: 307

Tusomʔəmorpheme-kʰəmorpheme-ma ‘tail’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.157

Ukhrulkʰəmorpheme-mej ‘tail’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian2

*Northern NagaCprefix-meːy ‘tail’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 072

*Northern NagaC̥prefix-meːy ‘tail’French 83

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte9

Nocteaprefix me ‘tail’French 83

Nocteaprefix-me ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

Nocteaprefix-me ‘tail’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 072

Nocte¹ʌprefix²me(ʔ) ‘tail’Weidert 87 TBTo: 39

Tangsa¹ʌprefix¹mi(ʔ) ‘tail’Weidert 87 TBTo: 307

Tangsa (Moshang)aprefix mi ‘tail’French 83

Tangsa (Moshang)aprefix-mi ‘tail’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 072

Tangsa (Moshang)aprefix◦mi ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangsa (Yogli)ʌprefix mi ‘tail’French 83

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang10

Changmei ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

Changmei ‘tail’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 072

Changmei ‘tail’French 83

Khiamngan¹²aprefix¹mɪ ‘tail’Weidert 87 TBTo: 307

Konyakaprefix-ñei ‘tail’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 072

Konyakūprefix◦nyiei ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakəprefix nyiei ‘tail’French 83

Phommʌy³³ ‘tail’Burling 98 Phom

Wanchome kua#219 PTB *k(w)a(ŋ/k) ‘WAIST / HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / BACK’ ‘tail’French 83

Wanchome◦kua#219 PTB *k(w)a(ŋ/k) ‘WAIST / HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / BACK’ ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

7Karenic10

*Karen [Burling]me¹ ‘tail’Luangthongkum 13: 289

*Karenmeᴮ ‘tail’[Source note] Sgaw and N.Pwo have irregular vowel, i.e. ɛ instead of e.Luangthongkum 13: 289

Bweme³³ ‘tail’Luangthongkum 13: 289

Kayahmi¹¹ ‘tail’Luangthongkum 13: 289

Kayanmai¹¹ ‘tail’Luangthongkum 13: 289

Kayawmi¹¹ ‘tail’Luangthongkum 13: 289

Pa-O (Northern)me⁵³ ‘tail’Luangthongkum 13: 289

Pa-O (Southern)me⁵⁵ ‘tail’Luangthongkum 13: 289

Pwo (Northern)mɛ¹¹¨ ‘tail’Luangthongkum 13: 289

Pwo (Southern)mi³³ ‘tail’Luangthongkum 13: 289

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5545, *r-mey ‘TAIL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5545

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

References: cf. HPTB pp. 216, 511

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5545,
  title  = {{*r-mey 'TAIL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5545},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5545}
}