*m-ya²

WIFE

Notes

This root is of limited distribution in Lolo-Burmese, much less widely attested than #1618 PTB *mi FEMALE / GIRL / FEMININE SUFFIX. The prefixized element is undoubtedly a reduction of one of the several morphemes related to females with labial nasal initials.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 2 subgroups

6.1.1Burmish6

Burmese (Rangoon)mɑ⁵³jɑ⁵⁵ n‘wife’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0248.27

Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)mɑ⁵³jɑ⁵⁵ ‘wife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 338.40

Burmese (Written)mayā ‘wife’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)mɑ¹jɑ³ n‘wife’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0248.26

Burmese (Written)mɑ¹jɑ³ ‘wife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 338.39

Marmaməyá ‘wife’Huziwara 08 Sak: 159

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishməya² ‘wife’Bradley 79 PLo: 216

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5804, *m-ya² ‘WIFE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5804

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5804,
  title  = {{*m-ya² 'WIFE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5804},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5804}
}