*ʔ-mun¹/³

POWDER

Proto-Lolo-Burmese · provisional

Notes

Written Burmese shows variation between PLB tones *1 and *3. The Lahu cognate could be from either of these tones.

There is a possible allofamic relationship between this etymon and #6479 PTani *mɯk POWDER.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 6 subgroups

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmeseʔ-mun¹/³ ‘powder’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 603

6.1.1Burmish7

Burmese (Written)hmunʼ ‘small, minute’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)munʼ be v.‘small, minute’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)əprefix-hmunʼ ‘( = ə-mun' ) powder’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)əprefix-munʼ ‘pulverized matter, powder’Benedict 76 WBur

Hpun (Northern)ănàiʔmorpheme; ăprefix◦mᴜ̀n (= powder ‘flour / powder’Henderson 86 Hpun

Hpun (Northern)ăprefix◦mᴜ̀n; ănàiʔ ‘powder / flour’Henderson 86 Hpun

Marmaəprefix◦mǔŋ ‘powder / flour’Huziwara 08 Sak: 72

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishsprefix-mun¹ ‘powder’Bradley 79 PLo: 340

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Black)məy ~ mə ‘powder / gunpowder’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 88

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Mpimɯʔ⁶ ‘powder / gunpowder’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 88

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish5

Azhaʨʰɛ²¹morphememy³³ ‘rice powder’Pelkey 11 Phula: 465

Pholaʨʰi⁵⁵morphememu³³ ‘rice powder’Pelkey 11 Phula: 465

Hlepho Phowaɛ³³morphemem̩³³ ‘rice powder’Pelkey 11 Phula: 465

Hlepho Phowaʨʰi²¹morphemem̩³³ ‘rice powder’Pelkey 11 Phula: 465

Phuzaʨʰi³¹morphememɯ³³ ‘rice powder’Pelkey 11 Phula: 465

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5787, *ʔ-mun¹/³ ‘POWDER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5787

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5787,
  title  = {{*ʔ-mun¹/³ 'POWDER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5787},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5787}
}