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In Sino-Tibetan languages, the words for the various liquids produced by or contained in the body tend to be transparent compounds where the last element is a morpheme meaning ‘water; liquid’.1 Of the many body fluids,2 only a few relate directly to the reproductive system (AMNIOTIC FLUID, MILK, SEMEN, VAGINAL SECRETIONS). In this chapter, however, in order to illustrate the scope of the various ST roots for WATER, I include a generous sampling of compounds referring to non-reproductive body fluids.3
tag | num_recs | chaptertitle | chapter | sequence | protoform | protogloss | grpid | plg | grpno | notes | num_notes | num_comparanda | status | public | username |
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1614 | 12 | Body Fluids | 1.9.9 | 1.0 | (r/w)a | SEMEN | 2 | PTB | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | KEEP | 1 | stedt | |
1627 | 5 | Body Fluids | 1.9.9 | 2.0 | ŋya | SEMEN | 2 | PTB | 0.1 | ("Him") | 1 | 0 | KEEP | 1 | stedt |
3486 | 15 | Body Fluids | 1.9.9 | 3.0 | (ɓ/p)oo | SPERM / SEMEN | 8 | PKC | 1.2 | ("KMR") Lushai, Kom, Moyon | 1 | 0 | KEEP | 1 | stedt |
3493 | 7 | Body Fluids | 1.9.9 | 4.0 | ʔ-bik | SQUIRT / EJACULATE | 45 | PL | 6.1.2 | 1 | 0 | KEEP | 1 | stedt | |
1631 | 357 | Body Fluids | 1.9.9 | 5.0 | tsyu | WATER / LIQUID / BODY FLUID | 2 | PTB | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | KEEP | 1 | stedt | |
298 | 430 | Body Fluids | 1.9.9 | 6.0 | m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ m-ti-s | WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT | 2 | PTB | 0.1 | STC#055 + STC#168 cf. egg=bird+water; DL p.705; possible Chinese comp. 1768 TEAR; STC#168; cf. HPTB pp.193-5, 451, 471 | 7 | 3 | KEEP | 1 | stedt |
188 | 12 | Body Fluids | 1.9.9 | 7.0 | ku | SEMEN / BODY FLUID | 2 | PTB | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | KEEP | 1 | stedt | |
1013 | 298 | Body Fluids | 1.9.9 | 8.0 | rəy | WATER / LIQUID / BODILY FLUID | 2 | PTB | 0.1 | cf. HPTB p. 250 | 0 | 0 | KEEP | 1 | stedt |
191 | 138 | Body Fluids | 1.9.9 | 9.0 | laŋ | WATER / FLUID / RIVER / VALLEY | 2 | PTB | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | KEEP | 1 | stedt |