*mriŋ

WIFE

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 1 subgroup

2.1.4Tamangish4

Gurung (Ghachok)mri̥ lāmorpheme◦bāqsuffix ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP

Gurung (Ghachok)mrĩ lamorpheme◦baqsuffix ‘copulate’mrĩ ‘wife’ + la baq ‘do’ (lit. “make into a wife”).Glover 72 GuVo: 2.B.2.13

Gurung (Ghachok)mrĩq ‘wife (less respectful)’Glover 72 GuVo: 11.A.78

Tamang (Risiangku)¹mriŋ ‘wife’Mazaudon 94 These: 800

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5752, *mriŋ ‘WIFE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5752

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5752,
  title  = {{*mriŋ 'WIFE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5752},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5752}
}