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STEDT #592

*m-bwat

SKIN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlewutprefixpinitialwrhymeut ~ putcoverL · T

Notes

The reconstruction of a nasal prefix in this poorly attested root is on the basis of the Muya form.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 3 subgroups

2.1.1Western Himalayish7

Bunanbat◦simorpheme ‘skin’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 8.2

Bunanbat◦simorpheme ‘hide / leather (dried animal skin)’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 8.2.6

Kanauribod ‘skin / bark’Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn: 25

Kanauribodʻ n‘skin of man, dogs, cats; peel / rind’Bailey 11

Kanauribŏdʻ ‘skin of people, dogs, cats’Matisoff 87 BP

Kanauribodʻ khōmigʻmorpheme vt‘skin / take bark off tree or wand’Bailey 11

Kanauribɔd ‘skin’Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn: 13

3.2Qiangic1

Muya [Minyak]ʐɯ³⁵#596 PTB *m/s-k-rəy ‘SKIN’TGTM *ᴬɖi ‘SKIN’PLB *m-k-rəy¹ ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’mbɐ⁵³ ‘skin’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 8.2

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4

Yi (Xide)bu̱³³-ku̱³³#586 PTB *s/r-kawk ⪤ *s/r-kwak ‘OUTER COVERING / SKIN / BARK / RIND’PTani *kruk ‘OUTER COVERING’ ‘scales (fish)’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)bu̱³³-ku̱³³#586 PTB *s/r-kawk ⪤ *s/r-kwak ‘OUTER COVERING / SKIN / BARK / RIND’PTani *kruk ‘OUTER COVERING’ ‘skin’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)hɯ³³morpheme-bu̱³³-ku̱³³#586 PTB *s/r-kawk ⪤ *s/r-kwak ‘OUTER COVERING / SKIN / BARK / RIND’PTani *kruk ‘OUTER COVERING’ ‘scales’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)hɯ³³morphemebu̱³³ku̱³³#586 PTB *s/r-kawk ⪤ *s/r-kwak ‘OUTER COVERING / SKIN / BARK / RIND’PTani *kruk ‘OUTER COVERING’ Nbp‘scale’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0352.35

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #592, *m-bwat ‘SKIN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/592

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-592,
  title  = {{*m-bwat 'SKIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #592},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/592}
}