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STEDT #6217

*m-ya

PALM

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

prefixminitialyrhymea

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*m-ja ‘PALM OF HAND’PCN #030

Tangkhulic*ja ‘PALM (HAND)’DRM#336

Karenic*ɲaᴬ ‘PALM (OF THE HAND)’TL#210

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin4

Chinbonm̩jo ‘palm’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 90

Daaim̩ja ‘palm’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 90

Ngmüünm̩ja ‘palm’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 90

Wakungkɶmorpheme.mᵊja ‘palm’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 90

1.2.4“Old Kuki”2

Moyonkikmorpheme◦bʌjá ‘palm’Kosha 90: 6.1.7.1

Sorbungkʉ̀dmorpheme◦məjáa ‘palm’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.182

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)6

*Central Nagamprefix-ja ‘PALM OF HAND’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.030

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-mija n.‘palm’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagam̩¹prefix-jo¹-kuʔ³morpheme n.‘palm (of hand)’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.030

Lotha Nagamyo◦kumorpheme ‘palm (hand)’Marrison 67 Naga: 529

Sangtammüyo ‘palm (of hand)’Marrison 67 Naga: 187

Yimchungrümüyi◦lungmorpheme ‘palm (of hand)’Marrison 67 Naga: 187

1.3.4Tangkhulic4

*Tangkhulicja ‘palm (hand)’Mortensen 12 Tk: 336

Kachaiponmorpheme-məmorpheme-ju ‘palm’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.158

Tusomʔɯmorpheme-kfɯmorpheme-məmorpheme-ʒi ‘palm’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.169

Ukhrulpaŋmorpheme-məmorpheme-ja ‘palm (of hand)’Mortensen 12 Tk

7Karenic8

*Karenɲaᴬ ‘palm (of the hand)’[Source note] NK and CK have tone A3 which indicates a voice onset *ɲ- but the tone A12 in SK suggests a voiceless onset *hɲ-.Luangthongkum 13: 210

Kayahja¹¹ ‘palm (of the hand)’Luangthongkum 13: 210

KayanɈa³³ ‘palm (of the hand)’Luangthongkum 13: 210

Pa-O (Northern)ja³³ ‘palm (of the hand)’Luangthongkum 13: 210

Pa-O (Southern)ja⁵³ ‘palm (of the hand)’Luangthongkum 13: 210

Pwo (Northern)jɛ³⁵ ‘palm (of the hand)’Luangthongkum 13: 210

Pwo (Southern)ja⁵³ ‘palm (of the hand)’Luangthongkum 13: 210

Sgaw (Northern)ɲa³³ ‘palm (of the hand)’Luangthongkum 13: 210

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6217, *m-ya ‘PALM’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6217

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6217,
  title  = {{*m-ya 'PALM'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6217},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6217}
}