2.0 Animals and Animal Verbs > 2.2 Other Animals > 2.2.1 Pachyderms

#2257 PTB *m-gwi(y) ELEPHANT

Reconstructed mesoroots below:
rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
195232257174m-|gwi(y)elephant*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Chou 72ACST27a-e0
51506022572012m-|gwi(y)elephant*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5920
5000542257,22571920ɓuy⪤ wuyELEPHANT*Chin81.2Kuki-Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC230
3048092257819m-|wielephant*Kuki (Southern)81.2Kuki-Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC168n4490
30435122571654mwielephantYawdwin81.2Kuki-Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC121n3320
304350p,22571414ə◦muielephantAsho691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC121n3320
4416162257,22571928m-|bui ⪤ m-|vuielephantCho (Mindat)691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC230
44161422571947vûyelephantLai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC230
44161522571923vǔyelephantLai (Falam)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC230
3043492257621wielephantLai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC121n3320
52903822572031puelephant*Tangkhulic661.3.4Tangkhulic1Mortensen 12 TkDRM-Tk6080
52658422572023mə-|hukelephantHuishu661.3.4Tangkhulic1Mortensen 12 TkDRM-TkAnimals.0910
52478222572022ma-|fuelephantKachai661.3.4Tangkhulic1Mortensen 12 TkDRM-TkAnimals.0900
25623222571471mafaelephantTangkhul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
30435222571484məhvüelephantTangkhul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Benedict 72 STCSTC121n3320
52625522572027ma-|pʰɯelephantTangkhul (Northern)661.3.4Tangkhulic1Brown 37 IndoBRO18370
52631622572028ma-|vɯelephantTangkhul (Standard)661.3.4Tangkhulic1Brown 37 IndoBRO18370
52584322572025mə-|fuelephantUkhrul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Mortensen 12 TkDRM-Tk0
52683822572025mɐ-|fuelephantUkhrul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Mortensen 12 TkDRM-Tk0
4880452257,16211978mʌy³¹ñɯ³³elephantPhom851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Burling 98 PhomBP-PPWL0
4881152257,1621,m1978mʌy³¹ñɯ³³pʰæ³¹tusk (elephant)Phom851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Burling 98 PhomBP-PPWL0
3048072257685gwi / məgwi|elephantJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Benedict 72 STCSTC168n4490
2562392257669magwielephantJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
36111422571814mă³¹kui³³|elephantnJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0309.190
1862552257690mă³¹kui³³|elephantJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC123.470
3340592257679mă¹kui³³|elephantJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Liu 84JZ-Jingpo0
3043532257685məgwielephantJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Benedict 72 STCSTC121n3320
452209m,22571964wvu◦kvúelephantSak401.7.3.2Asakian1Huziwara 08 SakHK-Sak304-170
30480822571754məgöelephantAnong (Rawang)384Nungic1Benedict 72 STCSTC168n4490
50175122571982məgui³¹elephantRawang384Nungic1LaPolla 03RJL-Rawang3540
201732257,2257480gwiɑ/ywie̯elephantChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST27a-e0

Chinese comparandum

爲 OC *gwiɑ, GSR #27a-e ‘elephant’; Mand. wéi.

“The earliest form shows a hand at the head of an elephant (possibly referring to the handicraft in ivory, so prominent in Yin time?)” (GSR #27a-e).