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STEDT #606

*m-tyur

SPIT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handletyurprefixminitialtyrhymeurcoverT · L

Notes

So far only scattered reflexes have been found for this etymon, but they are quite convincing.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulmachor◦amorpheme ‘spittle / saliva’Matisoff 87 BP
Tangkhulmachor◦amorpheme khamashomorpheme v.‘spit’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang10

Chepangdyur ‘spittle / saliva’Matisoff 87 BP
Chepangdyur n.‘spittle, saliva’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangdyurʔ hakmorpheme- vt.‘gather up and spit saliva, hoick’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangdyurʔ- vt.‘spit’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangdyurʔ-samorpheme ‘spit’Caughley 72 CVoc: 2.B.2.6
Chepangdyurʔ.sāmorpheme v.‘spit’Matisoff 87 BP
Chepang (Eastern)dyurʔ◦naʔmorpheme v‘spit’Caughley 90 CheQ: 3.7.11

4Nungic1

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)cɯ̆l⁵⁵ ‘saliva’Sun H 82 Dul

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #606, *m-tyur ‘SPIT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/606
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-606,
  title  = {{*m-tyur 'SPIT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #606},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/606}
}