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STEDT #6030

*brɯ

MOUNTAIN GOAT / GOAT ANTELOPE / SEROW

Reconstruction analysis

initialbrrhymeɯ

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanibrɯ ‘serow (goat antelope)’Sun J 93 HCST: 344

1.1.1.1Western Tani9

Apatanisɯmorpheme-brjɯ ‘serow (goat antelope)’Sun J 93 HCST

Apatanisɯmorpheme-brjɯ ‘deer’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnija#6028 PTB *g-ya(k/ŋ) ‘SHEEP / YAK’-ruː ‘goat’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengniruː-nɯː#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’ ‘goat (female)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengniruː-puː#1635 PTB *pu ‘MALE / MASCULINE SUFFIX’ ‘goat (male)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnišimorpheme-bi ‘serow (goat antelope)’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengnisumorpheme-ru-nɯː#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’ ‘wild goat’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnisumorpheme-ru-nɯː#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’ kuːmorpheme ‘kid of wild goat’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokaršɯmorpheme-bɯ ‘serow (goat antelope)’Sun J 93 HCST

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]siprefix-bɯ ‘serow (goat antelope)’Sun J 93 HCST

Damuɕymorpheme-by ‘antelope’Sun J 93 Tani

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6030, *brɯ ‘MOUNTAIN GOAT / GOAT ANTELOPE / SEROW’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6030

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

References: JS-HCST: 130

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6030,
  title  = {{*brɯ 'MOUNTAIN GOAT / GOAT ANTELOPE / SEROW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6030},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6030}
}