STEDT Etymon #198
4.0 Kinship Terms, Ethnonyms, Social Roles > 4.7 Kinship Terms > 4.7.1 Previous generation
#198 PTB *pʷa-n ⪤ *bʷa-n GRANDMOTHER |
HPTB:174 incorrectly gives “GSR 25q” as the source of the OC reconstruction. Actually, however, this character is not to be found in GSR, but is cited in STC:174 as well as in Benedict 1942 (“Tibetan and Chinese kinship terms”).
| rn | analysis | lgid | reflex | gloss | gfn | language | grpid | grpno | grp | genetic | citation | srcabbr | srcid | rn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 514796 | 198 | 2012 | bwa-|n | grandmother | *Tibeto-Burman | 2 | 0.1 | Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions) | 0 | Matisoff 03 HPTB | JAM-HPTB | 585 | 0 | |
| 515685 | 198,198 | 2012 | pʷa ⪤ bʷa | grandmother | *Tibeto-Burman | 2 | 0.1 | Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions) | 0 | Matisoff 03 HPTB | JAM-HPTB | 608 | 0 | |
| 303190 | 198 | 149 | bwa | grandmother | *Lolo-Burmese | 42 | 6.1 | Lolo-Burmese | 1 | Benedict 72 STC | STC | 24n78 | 0 | |
| 356197 | 198,198 | 1823 | phwɑ⁵⁵phwɑ⁵⁵ | grandmother | n | Burmese (Rangoon) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Huang and Dai 92 TBL | TBL | 0217.27 | 0 |
| 196222 | p,198 | 1428 | ɑ bwɑ⁵⁵ | grandmother | Burmese (Spoken Rangoon) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Sun H 91 ZMYY | ZMYYC | 318.40 | 0 | |
| 304865 | p,198,p,198 | 409 | ă◦bhwà / ă◦phwà | grandmother | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Benedict 72 STC | STC | 174n463 | 0 | |
| 254557 | p,198 | 392 | a◦bhwā: | grandmother | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Marrison 67 Naga | GEM-CNL | 0 | ||
| 31945 | 198 | 401 | bhwâ | grandmother | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Matisoff 74 TJLB | JAM-TJLB | 195 | 0 | |
| 440020 | 198 | 406 | bhwâ | grandmother | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Benedict 76 WBur | PKB-WBRD | 0 | ||
| 356196 | 198,198 | 1822 | bhwɑ³bhwɑ³ | grandmother | n | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Huang and Dai 92 TBL | TBL | 0217.26 | 0 |
| 304084 | 2293,198 | 409 | khaŋ-pwàn | spouse | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Benedict 72 STC | STC | 100n284 | 0 | |
| 304962 | 2293,198 | 409 | khaŋ-pwàn | spouse | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Benedict 72 STC | STC | 190n488 | 0 | |
| 20126 | 2293,198 | 388 | khɑŋ-pwɑ̀n | spouse | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Chou 72 | ACST | 1173a-f | 0 | |
| 31944 | 198 | 401 | phwâ | grandmother | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Matisoff 74 TJLB | JAM-TJLB | 195 | 0 | |
| 440019 | 198 | 406 | phwâ | grandmother | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Benedict 76 WBur | PKB-WBRD | 0 | ||
| 440021 | p,198 | 406 | ə-bhwâ | grandmother | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Benedict 76 WBur | PKB-WBRD | 0 | ||
| 196196 | p,198 | 411 | ɑ¹bhwɑ³ | grandmother | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Sun H 91 ZMYY | ZMYYC | 318.39 | 0 | |
| 19521 | p,198,p,198 | 388 | ɑ̌◦bhwɑ̀~ɑ̌◦phwɑ̌ | grandmother | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Chou 72 | ACST | 25q | 0 | |
| 31946 | p,198 | 401 | ʔə◦phwâ | grandmother | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Matisoff 74 TJLB | JAM-TJLB | 195 | 0 | |
| 20171 | 198,198 | 480 | bʻwɑ̂/bʻuɑ̂ | old woman / grandmother | Chinese (Old/Mid) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | Chou 72 | ACST | 25q | 0 |
婆 OC *b’wɑ̂, GSR #25q ‘saunter, dance’; Schuessler 2007:416 *buâ ‘old woman’; B & S 2011: *bˁaj {[b]ˁaj} ‘saunter, dance’; Mand. pó.
Karlgren cites 婆 pó as GSR #25q with the gloss “dance, saunter”; this meaning is attested in ancient sources such as Er Ya 爾雅, but is not relevant to the present comparandum. The meaning “old woman, grandmother, female relative”, which does concern us here, is attested for 婆 pó in post-Han times, and is the only meaning commonly associated with 婆 pó in modern standard Chinese. Of course, it is possible (and it is our assumption) that a Chinese etymon “old woman, ...”, reconstructed as OC *b’wɑ̂ or similar, existed in Han times or earlier. [SPB]