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*s/p-wa

TOOTH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlewaprefixsinitialwrhymea ⪤ p-wasuffixwcoverL · VWT

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*fiː ‘TOOTH’JS-HCST: 102
Kuki-Chin*haa ‘TOOTH’PKC #742
Central Naga (Ao Group)*p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PCN #027
Tangkhulic*ha ‘TOOTH’DRM#575
Northern Naga/Konyakian*swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’
Lolo-Burmese*swa² ‘TOOTH’
Loloish*swa² ‘TOOTH’

Connections

HPTB*swa or *s-wa ‘tooth’pp. 27, 166, 167, 171, 172

Reflexes & cognates673 reflexes · 52 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmanswa ormorpheme s-wa ‘tooth’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 613

1NE Indian Areal Group1

Mijitʰu ‘tooth’Simon 79 Miji

1.1.1Tani1

Jackson Sun notes, “Padam-Mising L has a form a-je, which seems to reflect a different root, cf. the Mising T doublet a-je; iː-paŋ. This root could be related to PTB *m-ćway ‘tusk/tooth’ (Prof. Matisoff, p.c., cf. #635 PTB *m-dzyway TOOTH / TUSK); the problem is that PT *-i(ː) normally reflects PTB *-əy rather than *-ay.” Sun 1993a:102 (A historical-comparative study of the Tani (Mirish) branch of TB).

We have nevertheless treated both the Padam variants and a similar doublet in Apatani as reflexes of the present root for the time being.

*Tanifiː ‘tooth’Sun J 93 HCST: 436

1.1.1.1Western Tani66

Apatani(sit')morpheme aprefix-hi ‘tusk’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataniaprefix-hi ‘tooth’Sun J 93 HCST
Apataniaprefix-hi ‘tooth (fang)’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataniaprefix-hi ‘tooth’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataniaprefix-hi ñenmorpheme sumorpheme ‘gnash’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataniáprefix-ji ‘tooth’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataniáprefix-ji damorpheme-temorpheme-rumorpheme ‘dentist’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataniáprefix-ji pjomorpheme-sumorpheme v‘clean tooth’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanidɯmorpheme-pjomorpheme aprefix-ji ‘tooth (canine)’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanihi-prjamorpheme ‘tooth (front)’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanihi-rãmorpheme ‘molar’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanihi-rãmorpheme ‘tooth (back)’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanihi-xɯŋmorpheme ‘feel funny in the teeth’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatani²aprefix²i ‘tooth’Weidert 87 TBTo: 525
Bengnifi ‘tooth’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengnifi ‘tooth’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnifi-bɯː ‘gums’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnifi-čiŋmorpheme aprefix-či#1847 PTB *r-kyi ‘SICK / ACHE’PTani *ki ‘ILL’ ‘toothache (from caries)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokaramorpheme-keːmorpheme ji-čuŋ#2813 PTB *d-yu(ŋ/k) ‘TOOTH’ ‘tooth (upper)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarjiː-čakmorpheme ‘tooth (incisor)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarjiː-čuŋ#2813 PTB *d-yu(ŋ/k) ‘TOOTH’ taprefix-ketmorpheme ‘tartar’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarjiː-pomorpheme ‘tooth (canine)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarjiː◦ȵurmorpheme nbp‘gum’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0138.24
Bokarkəmorpheme-mɯkmorpheme jiː-čuŋ#2813 PTB *d-yu(ŋ/k) ‘TOOTH’ ‘tooth (lower)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar Lhobajiː◦pomorpheme ‘tooth’Sun H 80 MLD
Galoaprefix◦i ‘tooth’Das Gupta 63 Gal
Galoaprefix◦ii n.‘tooth’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoaprefix◦yi-aprefix◦ci#1847 PTB *r-kyi ‘SICK / ACHE’PTani *ki ‘ILL’-namsuffix v‘toothache’Das Gupta 63 Gal
Galoii◦gammorpheme n.‘molar’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoii◦juumorpheme n.‘tooth’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoii◦juumorpheme n.‘tooth (front)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoii◦kummorpheme adj.‘numb (teeth)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoii◦tormorpheme adj.‘bucktoothed’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoii◦tuumorpheme adj.‘toothless’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoii◦ɲɨrmorpheme n.‘gums’GLDC 09 Galo
Galotemorpheme◦re ‘tusk’Das Gupta 63 Gal
Miri, Hilleprefix◦i ‘tooth’Simon 76 Miri
Nishingiprefix◦hi ‘tooth’Das Gupta 69 Daf

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin10

Ashoaprefix◦hoˊˊ ‘tooth’VanBik 09 PKC: 742
Cho (Mindat)ha ‘tooth, tusk’VanBik 09 PKC: 742
Awa Khumiăprefix◦fɑ² ‘tooth’Luce 85: N.4
Khumihoó ‘tooth’VanBik 09 PKC: 742
Khumi (Ahraing)[ho²]◦sə̆tɑɛmorpheme ‘gums’Luce 85: R.84
Womatuhã⁴ kʻu²morpheme ‘gums’Luce 85: R.84
Womatuhɑ⁴ ‘tooth’Luce 85: N.4

1.2.2Central Chin21

Khualsimhɑ³ ‘tooth’Luce 85: N.4
Lai (Hakha)hâa ‘tooth, teeth’VanBik 09 PKC: 742
Lai (Falam)hǎa ‘tooth, teeth’VanBik 09 PKC: 742
Lai (Hakha)hɑ⁵ ‘tooth’Luce 85: N.4
Lushai [Mizo]há n‘tooth, the teeth, the edge (of a knife, etc)’VanBik 09 PKC: 742
Lushai [Mizo]hɑ¹ ‘tooth’Luce 85: N.4
Paangkhua(há)-manIitmorpheme ‘gums’Løffler 85 Paa

1.2.3Maraic12

Lailenpimə̆ˊprefixhɑ⁴ ‘tooth’Luce 85: N.4
Lakher [Mara](ha)◦pano<panii ‘gums’morpheme · morphemeLøffler 85 Paa
Lakher [Mara]aprefix-ha-hmiamorpheme ‘upper front tooth'’Matisoff 87 BP
Lakher [Mara]aprefix-ha-pamorpheme-nomorpheme ‘lower front tooth'’Matisoff 87 BP
Lakher [Mara]ha ‘tooth (incisor)’Matisoff 87 BP
Merahɔ̆⁶ ‘tooth’Luce 85: N.4
Xongsaihɑ³ ‘tooth’Luce 85: N.4
Zotunghɔ⁴ ‘tooth’Luce 85: N.4

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringaprefix◦ha ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)19

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦po ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)tə²prefix-pu² n.‘tooth’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.374
Ao (Chungli)²tɯprefix²pu ‘tooth’Weidert 87 TBTo: 110
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦pa ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-pha n.‘tooth’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)phá-tʃhə́mmorpheme n.‘gums ('tooth' + ?)’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagao¹prefix-ho¹ n.‘tooth’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.027
Lotha Nagaōprefix◦hō ‘tooth’Acharya 75
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦ho ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦ho ‘tooth’Murry 78: 123
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦ho ‘tooth’Nienu 90 LotQ: 3.10
Lotha Naga¹oprefix◦¹ho ‘tooth’Weidert 87 TBTo: 254
Yacham-Tengsataprefix◦phu ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group18

Khezhaeprefix◦fü ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga
Khezha¹eprefix²fɯ ‘tooth’Weidert 87 TBTo: 254
Maooprefix◦ho ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga
Meluriaprefix◦ha ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga
Ntenyiaprefix◦ha ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmahü ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]atsümorpheme-hu ‘incisor’Achumi 98: 3.10.1
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦hu ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦hu ‘tooth’Achumi 98: 3.10

1.3.3Zeme Group3

Liangmeichamorpheme◦hiu ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga
Maramaprefix◦ghu ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic12

Champhungamorpheme-va ‘tooth’Brown 37 Indo
Huishuʔamorpheme-smorpheme-we ‘tooth’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.081
Kachaiʔamorpheme-fu ‘tooth’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.092
Tangkhulaprefix◦ha ‘tooth’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulhā◦chaimorpheme ‘molar’Matisoff 87 BP
Tankghul (Central)omorpheme-ha ‘tooth’Brown 37 Indo
Tangkhul (Northern)amorpheme-ha ‘tooth’Brown 37 Indo
Tusomʔimorpheme-ʃi ‘tooth’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.103
Ukhrulʔamorpheme-ha ‘tooth’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.6Mru3

Mrusu³ ‘edge of knife’Luce 85: T.13
Mrusʻu³ ‘edge of knife’Luce 85: T.13

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

1.7.1.1Bodo15

Bodoha◦taymorpheme gomorpheme◦ri#287 PTB *li ‘CHIN / DIMPLE’ ‘jaw’Matisoff 87 BP
Kokborokwa ‘tooth’Tripuri 88
Lalung [Tiwa]ha◦soʔ? ‘tooth’Balawan 65: 28

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

1.7.3.1Jingpho16

Jingphoa³¹prefix wa³³ ‘tooth’Liu 84
Jingphowa ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphowa-umorpheme-jimorpheme ‘gums’The only Jingpho form given in Dai’ s dictionaries is wa³³a⁵⁵tʃi⁵⁵.Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphowa³³ ‘tooth’Liu 84
Jingphowa³³po̱t³¹morpheme nbp‘gum’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0138.19
Jingphoəprefix◦wa ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.3.2Asakian15

Androšo ‘tooth’Luce 85: K.57
Ganansʻwɑ² ‘tooth’Luce 85: K.57
Kadus'əwà ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Kaduswâ ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Kadusəwa ‘tooth’Benedict 72 STC: 437
Kadu (Kantu)sʻăwɑ² ‘tooth’Luce 85: K.57
Luisho ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Luishoa ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Sakaprefix-thuwá ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Sakaprefix◦svaː ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Sakaprefix◦syvaʔ ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Sak (Bawtala)ăprefix◦sʻăvɑ² ‘tooth’Luce 85: K.57
Sengmaišoɑ ‘tooth’Luce 85: K.57
Tamanvɑː◦kɔᴜnmorpheme ‘tooth’Luce 85: K.57
Tamanwɑː◦kɔᴜnmorpheme ‘tooth’Luce 85: K.57

2.1.2Bodic22

Baimashɐ⁵³ ‘tooth’Sun H 91 Baim: 3.10
Kaikelangborchhemorpheme-namorpheme-swa ‘tooth (canine) / tusk’Matisoff 87 BP
Kaikeswa ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Tsangla (Motuo)bemorpheme◦mamorpheme ɕa ‘tooth’Sun H 80 MLD
Tsangla (Motuo)ɕa⁵⁵ ‘tooth’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tshona (Wenlang)wɑ⁵⁵ ‘tooth’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)wᴀ⁵³ ‘tooth’Sun H 80 MLD

2.1.2.1Tibetan56

Sherpa'saq ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)soh sambamorpheme ‘baby tooth’Bishop 89: 3.10.5
Spitiomomorpheme◦sò ‘baby tooth’Bodh 91: 3.10.5
Spitisò ‘tooth’Bodh 91: 3.10
Tibetan (Written)bamorpheme-so ‘tusk (of elephant)’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)gc̀admorpheme-so ‘tooth (front)’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)so-drummorpheme ‘tooth (front)’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)so-rgyagmorpheme-pasuffix ‘bite’Zhang Liansheng 88: 102
Tibetan (Written)yamorpheme-so ‘upper tooth’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish35

*TGTMᴬswa ‘tooth’Mazaudon 94 These: 981
Manang (Prakaa)³ɕaː ‘tusk / fang’Hoshi 84: 0536
Tamang (Risiangku)¹mamorpheme◦mamorpheme ¹swa ‘molar’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 3.10.2
Thakali (Syang)sʌ ‘tooth’loan from the Marpha formMazaudon 94 These: 922

2.2Newar13

Newarboeumorpheme wa ‘tooth (incisor)’Shakya 89: 3.10.1
Newarcwoeyamorpheme wāk◦dhi:#2055 PTB *tri ‘JAW / CHIN’ ‘upper jaw / maxilla’Shakya 89: 3.13.2
Newarkoeyāmorpheme wāk◦dhi:#2055 PTB *tri ‘JAW / CHIN’ ‘lower jaw / mandible’Shakya 89: 3.13.1
Newarnamorpheme◦emorpheme◦gumorpheme wā ‘molar’Matisoff 87 BP
Newarnɔmorpheme◦emorpheme◦umorpheme wa ‘molar’Shakya 89: 3.10.2
Newarwā ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Newarwā ‘tooth’Shakya 89: 3.10

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Thulunggupmorpheme◦siu◦liu#1322 PTB *s-k-lu ‘TOOTH’ ‘tooth (canine)’Allen 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang3

Kham'haː ‘tooth’Watters 89 KhQ: 1.43
Kham'hāː ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP

3.2Qiangic56

Ersuʂɿ⁵⁵ mɑ⁵⁵suffix ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Ersuʂɿ⁵⁵ ȵi⁵⁵#504 PTB *r/m-nil ‘GUMS’PKC *ha-nii ⪤ *-hnii ‘GUMS’ wɑ⁵⁵morpheme zɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘gums’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Ersuʂɿ⁵⁵ma⁵⁵suffix ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 244.18
Guiqiongxui⁵³ ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 244.17
Guiqiongxui⁵⁵sə⁵⁵morpheme nbp‘gum’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0138.16
Guiqiongxɯi⁵³ ‘tooth’Sun H 91 GuiQ
Lyuzufu³³ȵi⁵³morpheme nbp‘gum’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0138.18
Muyaxuə²⁴ nbp‘tooth’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0137.15
Muyaxuə⁵⁵nɐ⁵³morpheme nbp‘gum’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0138.15
Muya [Minyak]xɯ⁵⁵mɐ⁵³suffix ‘tooth (incisor)’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 3.10.1
Muya [Minyak]xɯ⁵⁵nɑ⁵³morpheme ‘gums’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 3.7.3
Muya [Minyak]xɯ⁵⁵ŋgɐ³⁵morpheme ‘gums’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 3.7.3
Namuyixie³³pɛʴ³³morpheme ‘gums’Sun H 91 NamQ: 3.7.3
Namuyixə³³ ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 244.19
Namuyixi³¹pæʴ³¹morpheme nbp‘gum’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0138.46
Pumi (Jiulong)xui⁵⁵nɑ⁵⁵morpheme nbp‘gum’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0138.10
Pumi (Lanping)ʂy⁵⁵bʐã¹³morpheme nbp‘gum’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0138.09
Pumi (Qinghua)ʂy⁵⁵ ‘tooth’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Taoba)ʂu̵⁵³ ‘tooth’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Taoba)ʂu̵⁵³ ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 244.10
Qiang (Longxi)sù kàmorpheme ‘gums’Evans 99 Qiang: 171
Qiang (Longxi)sù kàmorpheme púmorpheme ‘gums’Evans 99 Qiang: 171
Qiang (Longxi)sù kèmorpheme ‘gums’Evans 99 Qiang: 171
Qiang (Longxi)sù kùmorpheme ‘gums’Evans 99 Qiang: 171
Qiang (Mawo)ʂuət pɛlmorpheme nbp‘gum’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0138.08
Qiang (Mawo)ʂə ‘tooth’Sun H 81 Qia
Qiang (Mawo)ʂə zdimorpheme ‘molar’Sun H 91 MawQ: 3.10.2
Qiang (Mawo)ʂə zdimorpheme ‘tooth (wisdom)’Sun H 91 MawQ: 3.10.4
Qiang (Mawo)ʂə◦z#635 PTB *m-dzyway ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PLB *jway¹ ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PL *ʔ-cway¹ ‘TUSK’ ‘gums’This form is found on Qiangyu Jianzhi p. 38. Jackson Sun’s Mawo consultant does not recognize this form; for him, ʂə-z means ‘canine tooth’; dzə ‘fang’. On Sun Hongkai’s own body part sheets, he gives the Mawo form ʂə-zdi instead of ʂə-z.Sun H 81 Qia
Qiang (Mawo)ʂə◦zdimorpheme ‘gums’Sun H 91 MawQ: 3.7.3
Qiang (Taoping)suə⁵⁵ ‘tooth’Sun H 81 Qia
Xumiwuɛ⁵³ nbp‘tooth’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0137.17
Xumiwuɛ⁵³khe³³morpheme nbp‘gum’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0138.17
Xumiβɛ⁵⁵ ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 244.20

3.3.1rGyalrong30

rGyalrong (Eastern)taprefix◦pumorpheme swa ‘baby tooth’Sun H 91 rEQ: 3.10.5
rGyalrongtəprefix swa ‘tooth’Dai 89 Jiar: 3.10
rGyalrongtəprefix swa ‘gums’Dai 89 Jiar: 3.7.3
rGyalrongtəprefix swa ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 244.12
Caodengtəprefix-ʃwe ‘tooth’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrong (Eastern)təprefix◦swa ‘tooth’Sun H 91 rEQ: 3.10
rGyalrong (Eastern)təprefix◦swa rgunmorpheme ‘molar’Sun H 91 rEQ: 3.10.2
rGyalrongtəprefix◦swa wutʂimorpheme ‘tooth (incisor)’Dai 89 Jiar: 3.10.1
rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦ɕue ‘tooth’Sun H 91 rNW: 3.10
rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦ɕue pʰəxmorpheme ‘tooth (wisdom)’Sun H 91 rNW: 3.10.4
rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦ɕue rgɛnmorpheme ‘molar’Sun H 91 rNW: 3.10.2
rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦ʃʁa ‘tooth’Sun H 91 rNQ: 3.10
rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦ʃʁa moŋmorpheme ‘tooth (wisdom)’Sun H 91 rNQ: 3.10.4
rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦ʃʁa pumorpheme ‘baby tooth’Sun H 91 rNQ: 3.10.5
rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦ʃʁa pʰumorpheme ‘molar’Sun H 91 rNQ: 3.10.2
rGyalrong (NW)vamorpheme◦ɕue mədəkaptɕʰimorpheme ‘baby tooth’Sun H 91 rNW: 3.10.5
rGyalrongtAprefix shwa ‘tooth’Nagano 97 GyQ: 3.10
rGyalrongtAprefix shwa shamorpheme ‘gums’Nagano 97 GyQ: 3.7.3
rGBenzhentəprefix-swa ‘tooth’Sun J 97 rGB
rGBenzhentəprefix-swa ʃamorpheme ‘gums’Sun J 97 rGB
Shilitə́prefix-ʃwe ‘tooth’Sun J 97 Shi

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

6.1.1Burmish25

Burmese (Written)swâ-pâmorpheme ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Burmese (Written)swâ-phûmmorpheme ‘gums’Matisoff 87 BP
Burmese (Written)swâ-rañmorpheme ‘tooth-water’Matisoff 87 BP
Burmese (Written)əprefix-swâ ‘edge of cutting instrument’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)ʔəprefix◦swâ ‘edge of cutting instrument’Matisoff 88 DL: 1196
Danuθwɑ² ‘tooth’Luce 85: T.13
Hpun (Metjo)aprefix◦ʃɑ⁴ ‘edge of knife’Luce 85: T.13
Hpun (Metjo)ʃɑʔ⁵mɑ⁴suffix ‘tooth’Luce 85: T.13
Lashi (Lachhe')sɔ³ ‘edge of knife’Luce 85: T.13
Taung-Yoθwɑ² ‘tooth’Luce 85: T.13
Atsi [Zaiwa]sɔ⁴ ‘edge of knife’Luce 85: T.13

6.1.2Loloish7

Lolophosɤ³¹ tse³³morpheme ‘gums’Dai 89 Lolo: 3.7.3
Lolophoɒ⁵⁵morpheme no³¹morpheme ɕi⁵⁵morpheme ʂɤ³¹ ? ‘eyetooth / canine tooth’Dai 89 Lolo: 3.10.3
Lolophoʂɤ³¹ ‘tooth’Dai 89 Lolo: 3.10
Lolophoʂɤ³¹ mo³³morpheme pe̱³¹morpheme ‘tooth (incisor)’Dai 89 Lolo: 3.10.1

6.1.2.2Central Loloish13

Lolo (Ni)seú ‘edge of knife’Luce 85: T.13
Lahu (Black)-šū ‘tooth-like part of tools’Matisoff 88 DL: 1195

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish19

Akhaseu˯ ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Akhashə̀ ‘tooth’Hansson 89 AHKP: 336
Bisusɔ̀◦phɛ̀morpheme ‘tooth’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 16
Bisutsò◦phɛ̀morpheme ‘tooth’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 16
Bisutsʰɔ̀◦pʰèmorpheme ‘tooth’Bradley 9x Bisu
Hani (Shuikui)ɔ³¹prefixtʃɯ⁵⁵ ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 244.32
Côông [Phunoi]jᵊ#3317 PTB *s-ya ‘ELEPHANT’PL *ʔ-ya³ ‘ELEPHANT’◦bamorpheme səmorpheme◦cɨ⁵⁵ ‘tusk (of elephant, boar)’Ferlus 91: 3.10.6
Côông [Phunoi]she phɛ́morpheme ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Côông [Phunoi]si◦ɲimorpheme ‘tooth (incisor)’Ferlus 91: 3.10.1
Côông [Phunoi]sʰe³³ pʰe⁵⁵morpheme ‘tooth’Bradley xx Phu

6.2Naxi15

Laze (Xiangjiao)fi˥tsʰi˥morpheme ‘gum; gingiva’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 290
Laze (Xiangjiao)fi˧tʰu˧morpheme ‘tooth’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 284
Laze (Xiangjiao)fi˩tsɯ˩morphemetɕʰy˩morpheme hĩ˥suffix ‘canine teeth’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 287
Laze (Xiangjiao)fi˩tʰu˩morpheme tʰɑ˥morpheme tɕʰi˥morpheme ‘canine teeth (paraphrase)’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 288
Na (Yongning)hi˧kʰɯ#˥morpheme ‘gum; gingiva’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)hi˧qʰwɤ˩morpheme ‘decayed teeth; dental caries’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)hi˧tsɯ˩morpheme ‘incisors’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)hi˧tʰo#˥morpheme ‘tooth’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxi (Eastern)xi⁵⁵ ‘tooth’He 85
Naxi (Western)xɯ³³ ‘tooth’He 85
Naxixɯ³³ nbp‘tooth’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0137.45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #632, *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/632
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HTPB pp. 27, 166, 167, 171, 172
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-632,
  title  = {{*s/p-wa 'TOOTH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #632},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/632}
}