*nyey

YOUNGER SIBLING

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-ñey¹ ‘SIBLING (YOUNGER)’

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmannyey ‘younger sibling / younger sibling's husband’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 146

*Tibeto-Burmannyey ‘younger sibling’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 605

1.7.1.1Bodo3

Bodobibə́morpheme◦nay ‘his wife's younger brother’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 146

Bodobəymorpheme◦nay ‘wife's younger brother, younger sister's husband’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 146

Bodonəmbə́morpheme◦nay ‘your wife's younger brother’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 146

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmeseʔprefix-ñey¹ ‘younger sibling / younger sibling's husband’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 146

6.1.1Burmish9

Burmese (Modern)ñi³ ‘younger brother’Luce 85: S.8

Burmese (Rangoon)ȵi²²le⁵⁵morpheme n‘younger brother (address by o. brother)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0228.27

Burmese (Rangoon)ȵi²²mɑ⁵³morpheme n‘younger sister (address by o. sister)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0229.27

Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)ȵi²²le⁵⁵morpheme ‘brother (younger)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 335.40

Burmese (Spoken)ɲi³ ‘younger brother’Luce 85: S.8

Burmese (Written)ñi ‘man's younger brother’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 146

Burmese (Written)ñi ‘man's younger brother’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)ññi ‘brother (younger)’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)ññi◦masuffix ‘sister (younger)’Marrison 67 Naga

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Akhaàprefix-njí ‘younger sibling’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 146

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5601, *nyey ‘YOUNGER SIBLING’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5601

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

References: cf. HPTB p. 206

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5601,
  title  = {{*nyey 'YOUNGER SIBLING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5601},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5601}
}