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STEDT #6950

*mow-t

BANANA

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*mot ‘BANANA’

Notes

This root is firmly established for Tangkhulic, but the putative cognates are scattered and require confirmation.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringmut◦hai#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’ ‘banana’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic11

*Tangkhulicmot ‘banana’Mortensen 12 Tk: 545

Huishuʔaprefix-mo-tʰumorpheme ‘banana’Mortensen 12 Tk

Huishuʔaprefix-moʔ-tʰu ‘banana’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.068

Tangkhulmo ‘banana’Bhat 69 TNV: 84

Tangkhulmot ‘banana’Bhat 69 TNV: 84

Tangkhulmot◦thei#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’ ‘banana’Marrison 67 Naga

Tankghul (Central)mot-tʰai ‘plantain’Brown 37 Indo

Tangkhul (Northern)mot-tʰai ‘plantain’Brown 37 Indo

Tusomʔəmorpheme-me-tχamorpheme ‘banana’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.068

Ukhrulmo-tʰej#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’ ‘banana’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulmot-tʰej#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’ ‘plantain, banana’Mortensen 12 Tk

2Himalayish1

Thangmimui ‘banana’Weidert 87 TBTo: 704

4Nungic1

Rawangtɕhɔŋ³¹morpheme mu³³ ‘banana’LaPolla 03: 449

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Weishan)ʔmo³³tʂhɿ̄²¹morpheme n‘banana (plantain)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0398.36

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6950, *mow-t ‘BANANA’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6950

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

References: DRM#545

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6950,
  title  = {{*mow-t 'BANANA'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6950},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6950}
}