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#1616 PTB *li-n VAGINA

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

This root is confined mostly to Karenic, with possible cognates in the NE Indian Areal Group and Himalayish. The Lotha form with nasal prefix makes this root look very much like #1284 PTB *m‑ley*m‑li PENIS, suggesting that this might be yet another example of “genital flipflop” (see Benedict 1979, LTBA 5.1). For the moment, the final nasal in some Karenic forms is regarded as suffixal.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
1327191616965NrevaginaLotha Naga631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Nienu 90 LotQVN-LothQ10.4.10
3114121616519livaginaDhimal602.1.5Dhimal1King 94 DhBPJK-Dh0
2350411616,363519li◦muĩwoman's pubic hairDhimal602.1.5Dhimal1King 94 DhBPJK-Dh0
51133668,1616327phu◦rivaginaBantawa762.3.2Southern Kiranti1Rai 85 BnDsNKR-Bant0
12847668,1616766pə◦reːvaginaKham282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Watters 89 KhQDNW-KhamQ0
563351616123lén'vagina*Karen (Pwo)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS170
563401616125vagina*Karen (Sgaw)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS170
52979716162039lin¹vagina*Karen [Burling]507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK3150
52959616162038linᴮvagina*Karen507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK3150
563331616126ljén'vagina*Karen (TP)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS170
1682721616122ljén'vaginacf. PEN*Karen507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS170
563381616124ljìvagina*Karen (Pwo-Sgaw)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS170
1639571616415li²vaginaBwe (Western)507Karenic1Luce 85GHL-PPBI.1920
163958p,1616588ɑ²li²vaginaGeba507Karenic1Luce 85GHL-PPBI.1920
53092616162043li¹¹vaginaKayah507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK3150
53148416162045li¹¹vaginaKayaw507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK3150
5303341616,16162041lim⁵⁵~lin⁵⁵vaginaPa-O (Southern)507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK3150
11989416161238lînvaginaPa-O507Karenic1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
5633416161242lînvaginaPa-O507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS170
16395916161233lin²vaginaPa-O (Northern)507Karenic1Luce 85GHL-PPBI.1920
53007016162040lin⁵³vaginaPa-O (Northern)507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK3150
16395616161254li³vaginaPaku507Karenic1Luce 85GHL-PPBI.1920
53237916162048lãi¹¹vaginaPwo (Northern)507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK3150
16395416161273lẽ¹vaginaPwo (Delta)507Karenic1Luce 85GHL-PPBI.1920
16395316161280lẽ⁴vaginaPwo (Tenasserim)507Karenic1Luce 85GHL-PPBI.1920
53267416162049lɛ̃i³³vaginaPwo (Southern)507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK3150
11989616161269lénʔvaginaPwo (Bassein)507Karenic1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
5633716161272lénʔvaginaPwo (Bassein)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS170
11989516161275lénvaginaPwo (Moulmein)507Karenic1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
5633616161279lénvaginaPwo (Moulmein)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS170
53209416162047li³¹vaginaSgaw (Southern)507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK3150
53179516162046li¹¹¨vaginaSgaw (Northern)507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK3150
16395516161389li⁶vaginaSgaw507Karenic1Luce 85GHL-PPBI.1920
11989916161393vaginaSgaw (Bassein)507Karenic1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
5634216161394vaginaSgaw (Bassein)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS170
149311616746li³³vaginaKaren (Sgaw/Hinthada)507Karenic1Dai 89 KarBDQ-KarenB1460
11989816161397vaginaSgaw (Moulmein)507Karenic1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
5634116161399vaginaSgaw (Moulmein)507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS170