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STEDT #6134

*(y/ʔ)ay

MOTHER / GRANDMOTHER / MATERNAL AUNT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*jo ‘GRANDMOTHER’JS-HCST: 121

Central Naga (Ao Group)*ja ‘MOTHER’PCN #029

Connections

HPTB*yay ⪤ *ʔay ‘mother / grandmother / maternal aunt’p. 208

Reflexes & cognates48 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burman(y)ay ‘mother / grandmother / aunt (maternal)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 100

*Tibeto-Burmanyay ⪤ ʔay ‘mother / grandmother / maternal aunt’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 620

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanijo ‘grandmother’Sun J 93 HCST: 180

1.1.1.1Western Tani16

Apataniaprefix-jo ‘grandmother’Sun J 93 HCST

Apataniàprefix-jò ‘grandmother’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniaprefix-jo ‘grandmother’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniaprefix-jo jo-kũmorpheme-ǰamorpheme ‘ancestor (female)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengniaprefix-juː ‘grandmother’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengniaprefix-juː ‘grandmother’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokaraprefix jo n‘grandmother’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0217.24

Bokaraprefix-jo ‘grandmother’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokaraprefix-jo ‘grandmother’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarjaːmorpheme-jo ‘grandmother’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokar Lhobaaprefix jo ‘grandmother’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 318.51

Galo`aprefix◦yo n:kin.‘grandmother’GLDC 09 Galo

Miri, Hillaprefix◦jo ‘grandmother, mother-in-law’Simon 76 Miri

Taginaprefix◦yu ‘grandmother’Das Gupta 83 Tag

Taginaprefix◦yu ‘paternal grandmother’Das Gupta 83 Tag

Taginaprefix◦yu ‘maternal grandmother’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani5

Padam [Abor]anprefix-nə#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’ (əprefix-jo) ‘grandmother’Sun J 93 HCST

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]yai ‘grandmother’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 100

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]yai-asuffix ‘grandmother’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 100

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]yai-osuffix ‘grandmother’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 100

Mishing [Miri](j)amorpheme-jo ‘grandmother’Sun J 93 HCST

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)6

*Central Nagaja ‘MOTHER’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.029

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-ja n.‘mother (common)’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagao¹prefix-joʔ¹ n.‘mother’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.029

Lotha Nagaaimorpheme◦yo ‘mother’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagaōprefix◦yò ‘mother’Acharya 75

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦yo ‘mother’Murry 78: 76

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulaprefix◦yi ‘grandmother’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulāprefix◦yi ‘grandmother; mother's brother's wife’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 100

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Bodoáy ‘mother’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodoáy ‘mother’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 100

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Nasujɛ³³ ‘mother’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 100

Nusu (Central)a⁵⁵prefixia³¹ n‘grandmother’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0217.34

Nusu (Bijiang)iɑ⁵⁵iɑ³¹ ‘grandmother’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 318.45

Nusu (Bijiang)iɑ⁵⁵m̩³¹morpheme ‘mother’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 320.45

Nusu (Southern)ʔɑ⁵⁵prefixia̱³¹ ‘grandmother’Sun J 86 Nusu

6.1.2.2Central Loloish10

Lahu (Lancang)ne²¹morphemee³³ n‘mother (reference)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0219.43

Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’e³³ n‘mother (address)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0219.43

Lahu (Black)e ‘mother’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 100

Lahu (Black)ɔ̀#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’-e ‘mother’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 100

Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’e³³ ‘mother’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 320.33

Lahu (Red)aprefix-e ‘mother’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 100

Lahu (Red)ay-mamorpheme ‘earth mother; fertility goddess’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 100

Lahu (Yellow)aprefix-ye ‘mother’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 100

Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixjæ²¹ N‘grandmother; spouse's grandmother’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisuɑ⁵⁵prefixʒɛ³¹ ‘grandmother’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 318.27

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Hani (Khatu)àprefix◦jo ‘grandmother’Hansson 89 AHKP: 126

Hani (Mojiang)ɔ⁵⁵prefixjɔ³¹ n‘grandmother (used by women of her gen.)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0217.42

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1

Southern Mujia²¹prefixjɛ²¹ma²¹suffix ‘GP mother’Pelkey 11 Phula: 383

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6134, *(y/ʔ)ay ‘MOTHER / GRANDMOTHER / MATERNAL AUNT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6134

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6134,
  title  = {{*(y/ʔ)ay 'MOTHER / GRANDMOTHER / MATERNAL AUNT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6134},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6134}
}