Reconstruction analysis
handlebiinitialbrhymeicoverP · V
Notes
For phonosemantically similar roots, see #1421 PTB *bat SMELL / ODOR and #5756 PTB *bu STINK / SMELL BAD.
Chinese comparandum
鼻 OC *bʼi̯əd, GSR #521c ‘nose’; B & S 2011: *m-bit-s {m-[b]i[t]-s}; Mand. bí.
Reflexes & cognates62 reflexes · 8 subgroups
1.1.2Deng1
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish15
Liphonu⁵⁵#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bi̱³³ ‘nose’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5
Nasube⁵⁵ ne³³#1415 PTB *m/s-nam ‘SMELL’PTani *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PKC *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PCC *hniim ‘SNIFF / SMELL (v.)’PCN *m-hnaːm ‘SMELL / STINK’PTk *nam ‘SMELL’PKar *(h)nɨmᴬ ‘SMELL (v.)’ v.‘smell / sniff’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5.9
Nasuno²¹#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ bi̱²¹ ‘nose’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5
Nasuno²¹#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ bi̱²¹ ɬu³³morpheme ‘nostril’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5.2
Noesuno²¹#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bɪ²¹ ‘nose’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5
Nosun̥a²¹#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bi⁵⁵ ‘nose’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5
Yi (Dafang)bi⁵⁵ nɯ³³#1415 PTB *m/s-nam ‘SMELL’PTani *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PKC *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PCC *hniim ‘SNIFF / SMELL (v.)’PCN *m-hnaːm ‘SMELL / STINK’PTk *nam ‘SMELL’PKar *(h)nɨmᴬ ‘SMELL (v.)’ v‘smell’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Dafang)bi⁵⁵nɯ³³#1415 PTB *m/s-nam ‘SMELL’PTani *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PKC *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PCC *hniim ‘SNIFF / SMELL (v.)’PCN *m-hnaːm ‘SMELL / STINK’PTk *nam ‘SMELL’PKar *(h)nɨmᴬ ‘SMELL (v.)’ v‘smell’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 548.22
Yi (Liangshan)n̥a²¹#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bi⁵⁵ ‘nose’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)n̥a²¹#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bi⁵⁵ ‘nose, runny’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Nanhua)no³³#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’be̱³³ ‘nose’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 240.24
Yi (Xide)n̥a²¹#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ bi⁵⁵ ‘nose’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Xide)n̥a²¹#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’-bi⁵⁵ ‘nose’Chen 79 YiCh
6.1.2.2Central Loloish25
Lolo (Ni)na#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ bí ‘nose’Luce 85: S.3
Lisuna̱#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’-bi ‘nose’Matisoff 87 BP
Lisuna̱#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’-bwe ‘nose’Matisoff 87 BP
Lisuna³#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’-bē⁴ ‘nose’Matisoff 87 BP
Lisu (Central)na³#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’-bē⁴ ‘nose’Fraser 22
Lisuna³#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bē⁴ ‘nose’Bradley 79 PLo: 93-1
Lisu (Northern)na³³#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’be⁴⁴ ‘nose’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisunâ#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’◦bī ‘nose’Weidert 87 TBTo: 186
Lisu (Theng-yüeh)nɑ³#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bē⁴ ‘nose’Luce 85: F.22
Lisunɑ̱³³#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bi³³ n‘nose’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0080.40
Lisunɑ⁴⁴#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’kʰu⁴⁴#809 PTB *(k/g)ywaŋ ‘NOSE’; nɑ⁴⁴#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bi³³ ‘nose’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 240.27
Sani [Nyi]nɑ̱⁴⁴#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ bi³³ ne³³morpheme ‘nostril’Wu 84: 100.3
Sani [Nyi]nɑ̱⁴⁴#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ bi³³ no̱⁴⁴#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘nasal hair’Wu 84: 100.4
Sani [Nyi]nɑ⁴⁴#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ bɪ³³ ‘nose’Ma 89 SanQ: 321.8
Sani [Nyi]nɑ⁴⁴#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ bɪ³³ ne⁴⁴morpheme ‘nostril’Ma 89 SanQ: 321.9
Sani [Nyi]nɑ⁴⁴#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ bɪ³³ xɤ⁴⁴morpheme v‘blow nose’Ma 89 SanQ: 321.10
Sani [Nyi]nɑ⁴⁴#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bɤ²²pu⁵⁵#806 PTB *bu(k/ŋ) ‘NOSE / NOSTRIL’ ‘nose bridge’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5.1
Sani [Nyi]nɑ⁴⁴#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bɪ³³ ‘nose’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5
Sani [Nyi]nɑ⁴⁴#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bɪ³³ne⁴⁴morphemepu⁵⁵#806 PTB *bu(k/ŋ) ‘NOSE / NOSTRIL’ ‘nostril’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5.2
Sani [Nyi]nɑ⁴⁴#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bɪ³³no⁴⁴#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘nose hair’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5.4
Sani [Nyi]nɑ⁴⁴#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bɪ³³xɯ⁴⁴morpheme ‘blow nose’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5.8
Sani [Nyi]nɒ̱³³#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’bi³³ne³³morpheme ‘nostril’Wu 84
8Bai5
9Sinitic2
9.0.1Old Chinese4
9.0.2Middle Chinese2
9.0.3Modern Chinese8
Chinese (Mandarin)bí◦tì#298 PTB *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT’PKC *tuy ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID’PTk *dɨ ‘WATER’PLB *m/ʔ-titᴴ ‘WET / SOAK’PKar *thejᴬ ‘WATER’ ‘snivel, mucus’Evans 91
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #810,
*bi ‘NOSE’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/810Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-810,
title = {{*bi 'NOSE'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #810},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/810}
}