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STEDT #5556

*s/m-ba ⪤ *s/m-baːy

THROW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*paay-I, payʔ-II ‘CAST / THROW’Meso of 5556? PKC #132

Notes

This root shows evidence of the PTB *palatal suffix (JAM 1995 “Sino-Tibetan palatal suffixes revisited”).

Jingpho has acquired a velar prefix with this root.

Reflexes & cognates36 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanba ⪤ baːy ‘throw / discard’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 147
*Tibeto-Burmans/m-ba ⪤ s/m-baːy ‘throw’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 584

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinpaay-I, payʔ-II ‘CAST / THROW’VanBik 09 PKC: 132

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Paitepaih ‘throw’VanBik 09 PKC: 132
Tiddimpaːi³ > paiʔ³ ‘cast away’VanBik 09 PKC: 132

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)payʔ-INV ‘throw into’VanBik 09 PKC: 132
Lai (Falam)pàyʔ-INV ‘cast, throw’VanBik 09 PKC: 132
Lushai [Mizo]paih ‘throw away, fling away; strike out, cancel, annul, discard, subtract’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 147
Lushai [Mizo]pàih v‘throw away, to fling away’VanBik 09 PKC: 132

1.3.3Zeme Group1

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Kokborokšimorpheme-bi ‘throw away’Tripuri 88
Kokborokšəmorpheme◦bi~khimorpheme◦bi ‘throw / discard’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 147

1.7.3.1Jingpho6

Jingphokă³¹prefixpai³¹ v.‘throw / toss’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1591.19
Jingphokă³¹prefixpai³¹ ‘throw’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 558.47
Jingphokă¹prefixpai³¹ ‘throw (away)’Liu 84
Jingphokă¹prefixpai³¹ ‘throw’Liu 84
Jingphokaprefix◦bai v‘throw’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphokəprefix◦bài~gəprefix◦bài ‘throw’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 147

3.2Qiangic7

Pumi (Jiulong)nɑ¹¹morpheme phɑ⁵⁵ v.‘throw / toss’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1591.10
Pumi (Jiulong)nə¹¹morphemephə⁵⁵ v.‘pour or throw out (water)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1261.10
Pumi (Lanping)fpho⁵⁵ v.‘pour or throw out (water)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1261.09
Pumi (Lanping)khə¹³morphemevbɑ¹³ v.‘throw / toss’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1591.09
Pumi (Qinghua)khə¹³morphemesbɑ⁵⁵ ‘throw’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 558.11
Pumi (Taoba)khə³⁵morphemephɐ³⁵ ‘throw’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 558.10

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmesemba¹ ‘throw / discard’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 147

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)pai ‘put aside, away; reject; tare or tret’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)phai ‘go aside, put aside’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishm-ba¹ ‘throw’Bradley 79 PLo: 731

6.1.2.2Central Loloish10

Jinuovɐ⁴² ‘throw’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 558.34
Jinuo (Youle)və⁴² ‘throw (away)’Gai 86
Kucongba31 ‘throw’Dai 09 Kucong
Lahu (Lancang)kɤ³³morpheme bɑ³¹ v.‘pour or throw out (water)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1261.43
Lahu (Black)bà ‘throw; throw away; (as auxiliary verb) discard by V'ing’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 147
Lahu (Yellow)ba² ‘throw (away)’Chang 86
Lahu (Yellow)ba² ‘throw’Chang 86

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5556, *s/m-ba ⪤ *s/m-baːy ‘THROW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5556
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB pp. 170, 231, 483
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5556,
  title  = {{*s/m-ba ⪤ *s/m-baːy 'THROW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5556},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5556}
}