1.0 The Body > 1.9 Reproductive System > 1.9.8 Copulate

#1359 PTB *m-ba(k/ŋ) COPULATE / LOVE / WOMB

This etymon, which seems to cover quite an unusual semantic range, including COPULATE / LOVE, and WOMB / NEST, is fairly broadly distributed, with likely reflexes in the NE Indian Areal Group, Himalayish, Loloish, and Tangut (Xixia). Allofams with final velar stop and final velar nasal both occur. The nasal prefix is directly attested in Moyon, Bisu, and Tangut.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
216679p,13591431a³³pak¹¹loveSulung [Puroik]41.1“North Assam”0Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC719.520
1561211359334pakloveBengni731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
4925591359,s1979pag◦namlovevt.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1Rɨbaa,Post,et al. 09GLDC-GED0
466771359,s1444pak namlove, fall inTagin731.1.1.1Western Tani1Das Gupta 83 TagKDG-Tag0
467571359,s1444pak-namlovevTagin731.1.1.1Western Tani1Das Gupta 83 TagKDG-Tag0
15045413591112mpúʔcopulateMoyon721.2.4“Old Kuki”0Kosha 90DK-Moyon10.20
13141213591005bàŋwombPattani [Manchati]202.1.1Western Himalayish0Sharma, S.R. 91 MaSTP-ManQ10.4.80
1878713591262baŋgnestPattani [Manchati]202.1.1Western Himalayish0Sharma, D.D. 82 THDS-Patt0
116402m,1359894tă-băkwombLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
13213713591493mbɑ̂²copulateTangut [Xixia]333.1Tangut1Sofronov 97MVS-Grin0
4413971354,1359,450831cha pàʔ vecopulate with a womanLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 88 DLJAM-DL517,8140
1160331359832pàʔcopulateLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
512215450,1647,1359344aŋ◦làp◦ʔmbãgenitalsBisu486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Beaudouin 88 BisuPB-Bisu140
6198213591120poʔ⁴wombMpi486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Srinuan 76SD-MPD0
619831359,m1120poʔ⁴ muŋʔ¹wombMpi486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Srinuan 76SD-MPD0