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STEDT #597

*(p/b)ay

ENCIRCLED / RINGED / STRIPED

Notes

This root was reconstructed as PL *ʔ-ban² ‘ring’ in Bradley 1979:235, and as PTB *bran in HPTB (p.69, n.101). In favor of this reconstruction is Pumi Dayang ʐə̆ bʐéɴ (HPTB:69); however, Lahu -e (as in làʔ-pē ‘finger-ring’) can descend from either *-an or *-ay, and on balance (see e.g. Tankghul, Mikir, and Jingpho) we now prefer the present reconstruction.

Reflexes & cognates55 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanp(w)ayb(w)ay ‘encircled / ringed / striped around’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 096
*Tibeto-Burmanpaybay ‘encircled / ringed / striped’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 606

1.3.4Tangkhulic5

Tangkhulkhəprefixŋəprefixwəy v.‘fence’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 096
Tangkhulwəy ‘fence’Bhat 69 TNV: 89
Tangkhulwəykhuymorpheme ‘fence around village’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 096
Tangkhulŋəprefixwəy ‘fence’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 096
Ukhrulkʰəprefix-ŋəmorpheme-wɐj ‘fence’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.5Mikir [Karbi]4

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefixpai n‘fence’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]pai ‘ring (finger ring)’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]páy ‘fence, hedge, line, stripe, ring (or leopard's skin), turn’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 096

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingphobài be v.‘encircled, girded, striped’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 096
Jingphobài-bài be v.‘marked, as with streaks / rings of variegated colors’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 096
Jingphopài ‘appear striped / spotted’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 096

3.2Qiangic9

Pumi (Dayang)ʐə̆morphemebʐéɴ ‘ring’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 69

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmesebay²ʔbay² ‘encircled / ringed / striped around’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 096

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish7

6.1.2.2Central Loloish13

Lisube³³ n‘garden (plot)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0522.40
Lisube³³khɯ³¹ n‘fence (bamboo / twig)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0521.40
Lisuɑ⁵⁵morphemeȵi³¹#2538 PTB *ŋwa ‘CATTLE’be³³ n‘shed (cow) / fence (ox)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0503.40

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish5

6.2Naxi4

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #597, *(p/b)ay ‘ENCIRCLED / RINGED / STRIPED’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/597
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.69 (for *bran), p.208
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-597,
  title  = {{*(p/b)ay 'ENCIRCLED / RINGED / STRIPED'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #597},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/597}
}