STEDT #685
*s-mu
SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT
Reconstruction analysis
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Intermediate reconstructions
Notes
This etymon appears to be confined to the NE Indian Areal Group and Monpa (Mama Tshona), with the basic meaning ‘ball; round object’, appearing in such transparent compounds as Lushai (Mizo) mit-mu ‘eyeball’ and til-mu ‘testicle’. Several Loloish forms also seem to be related.
Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 12 subgroups
1.2Kuki-Chin2
1.2.1.1Northern Chin1
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2
1.2.2Central Chin7
Lushai [Mizo]mit#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-mu ‘eyeball’Matisoff 87 BP
Lushai [Mizo]til#1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’MesorootsPKC *til ‘TESTICLE / SCROTUM’Allofams2a #300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’2b #1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’-mu ‘testicle’Matisoff 87 BP
1.2.3Maraic3
Lakher [Mara]mo#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ hmô ‘eyeball’Matisoff 87 BP
Lakher [Mara]ti#1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’MesorootsPKC *til ‘TESTICLE / SCROTUM’Allofams2a #300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’2b #1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ hmô ‘scrotum’Matisoff 87 BP
1.2.4“Old Kuki”1
Kom Remǰəŋ#1283 PTB *m-yaŋ ‘PENIS / TESTICLE / STINGER (of bee)’PKC *yaŋ ‘PENIS / STINGER (of bee)’PTk *ʃaŋ ‘PENIS’ kəti#1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’MesorootsPKC *til ‘TESTICLE / SCROTUM’Allofams2a #300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’2b #1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’◦mu ‘testicle’Toba 91 KRQ: 10.3.5
1.5Mikir [Karbi]4
Mikir [Karbi]mék#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ aprefix-mū ‘eyeball’Grüssner 79 BP: 167
Mikir [Karbi]mek#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ aprefix◦mu ‘eyeball’Matisoff 87 BP
1.7.1.1Bodo1
2.1.2Bodic1
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3
6.1.2.2Central Loloish1
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #685,
*s-mu ‘SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/685Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-685,
title = {{*s-mu 'SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #685},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/685}
}