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STEDT #575

*baːl

SHIT / EXCREMENT / FILTH / BOWELS

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

The reflexes of this root overlap to some extent with those of #311 PTB *pya-n/t/s FART / SHIT, leading one to suspect that they are ultimately related.

Reflexes & cognates57 reflexes · 18 subgroups

1.1.2Deng1

Darang [Taraon]kɯ³¹morpheme bɹɑi⁵³ ‘fart’Sun H 80 MLD

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Tiddimbaːl³ > bal?³ vi‘covered with wet dirt’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 62

Tiddimbaːl³/balʔ³ ‘covered with wet dirt’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lushai [Mizo]bâl ‘dirty’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]baːl vi‘be or get dirty’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2101

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

*Nagabaːy ‘stool / excrement’Weidert 87 TBTo: 469

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group14

Angami Naga²theprefix⁴buo ‘stool / excrement’Weidert 87 TBTo: 469

Angami (Khonoma)bo ‘dung’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)theprefix◦buo ‘dung’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokrithü³¹prefix bvü⁵⁵ ‘feces / shit’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 9.12.1

Chokri²theprefix⁵bwɤ ‘stool / excrement’Weidert 87 TBTo: 469

Khezhaʼèmorpheme◦bo̵ ‘feces / shit / excrement / dung’Yabu 94 Khö: 9.12.1

Maooprefix◦bo ‘dung’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengmaaprefix◦bu ‘dung’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ba ‘dung’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ba ‘feces / shit’Achumi 98: 9.12.1

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦nga#90 PTB *m/s-ŋa-y ‘SMALL / INFERIOR / OFFSPRING’PTani *ŋaː ‘BABY’PCN *[h]ŋaj ‘BABY, CHILD’ ba ‘meconium / baby shit’Achumi 98: 9.12.2

Sema [Sumi]ba v‘defecate’Achumi 98: 9.12.3

Sema [Sumi]timorpheme◦zü#1631 PTB *tsyu ‘WATER / LIQUID / BODY FLUID’PCN *a-tʃə ‘WATER’TGTM * ᴮkjui ‘WATER’◦ba n‘diarrhea’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]¹ba ‘stool / excrement’Weidert 87 TBTo: 469

1.3.3Zeme Group2

Rongmei / Nruanghmeinprefix-bɑ̂i v.‘fart’Weidert 87 TBTo: 411

Zemehemorpheme◦ba ‘dung’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic8

Tangkhulchir#652 PTB *tsyar ‘URINE’-pai ‘urine and feces’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulpai n‘shit’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulpáy ‘excrement’Bhat 69 TNV: 88

Tangkhulseimorpheme-pai ‘dung’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulseimorpheme◦pai ‘dung’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhul³fəprefix-¹kəmorpheme³pai v.‘fart’Weidert 87 TBTo: 411

Tangkhul³pai-¹kəmorpheme³tamorpheme ‘stool / excrement’Weidert 87 TBTo: 469

Tusomhomorpheme-kəmorpheme-pe ‘fart’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.328

1.5Mikir [Karbi]4

Mikir [Karbi]barmorpheme-pī ‘feces’Weidert 87 TBTo: 61

Mikir [Karbi]barmorpheme-pi n‘shit’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]bármorpheme-pí ‘feces / shit’Grüssner 79 BP: 151

Mikir [Karbi]bármorpheme-pí -bármorpheme-sómorpheme ‘feces / shit’Grüssner 79 BP: 151

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Limbupi-hi#572 PTB *kləy ‘BODY DIRT / EXCREMENT’PKC *mik-khlii ‘TEARS’PCN *a-khləjʔ ‘FECES, EXCREMENT’TGTM *ᴬkli ‘FECES,SHIT’PKar *khrejᴮ ‘BODY DIRT’ ‘cow dung’Matisoff 87 BP

3.2Qiangic1

Qiang (Mawo)nə#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’◦ʂp ‘eye sand’Sun H 81 Qia

3.3rGyalrongic3

Ergong (Danba)mau#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ spɛ ‘eye sand’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 3.4.7

Ergong (Northern)meɣ⁵³#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ spa³³ ‘eye sand’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 3.4.7

Ergong (Daofu)mɑu#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ spa ‘eye sand’Dai 89 Daof: 3.4.7

3.3.1rGyalrong3

rGyalrongtəprefix mȵak#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ pʰɕᴇ ‘eye sand’Dai 89 Jiar: 3.4.7

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦mȵak#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ pa ‘eye sand’Sun H 91 rNW: 3.4.7

rGyalrong (Eastern)təprefix◦mɲak#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ pʰʃe ‘eye sand’Sun H 91 rEQ: 3.4.7

5Tujia1

Tujiapi³⁵ la⁵⁵morpheme ‘intestines / bowels’Chen 86 TuBQ: 9.11

7Karenic7

Palaychifvúq#2104 PTB *pʷik ‘BELLY / STOMACH’Allofams1 #6723 PTB *d-(p/b)u-k ‘BELLY / STOMACH / CAVE’1a #2104 PTB *pʷik ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1b #2106 PTB *wuk ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1c #164 PTB *d-puːk ‘BELLY / VITALS / HOLLOW OBJECT / CAVE’1d #2103 PTB *pʷu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1e #2102 PTB *wu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1g #2111 PTB *pwa(ŋ/n) ‘BELLY / CENTER’◦pwí ‘intestines / bowels’Matisoff 87 BP

Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)a³¹morpheme pui³³ ‘intestines’Dai 89 KarB: 184.2

Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)da³¹morpheme pui³³ ‘intestines’Dai 89 KarB: 184.1

Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)mi³³#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ pʰe⁵⁵ ‘eye sand’Dai 89 KarB: 194.1

Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)pui³³ ‘intestines’Dai 89 KarB: 184

Karen (Sgaw/Yue)pu̱iʔ³¹ ‘intestines’Dai 89 KarA: 184

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #575, *baːl ‘SHIT / EXCREMENT / FILTH / BOWELS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/575

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

References: cf. HPTB pp.385, 404, 407, 425

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-575,
  title  = {{*baːl 'SHIT / EXCREMENT / FILTH / BOWELS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #575},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/575}
}