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#2592 PTB *g/s-rwa TARO / YAM / TUBER

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

The Written Tibetan comparison with GSR #97o is due to Gong 2001 #28, who reconstructs PST *grwa. STC reconstructs 薯 as PTB *źra, which he regards as a doublet of his PTB *śra, reconstructed in STC #434 (but mistakenly listed as *s‑ra in the Index p. 207).

We are regarding both Chinese forms cited as allofamically related.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51503425922012grwataro / potato*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB173, 1740
51581925922012s-|r(y)ayam / potato*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB78, 1730
723842592182s-|rapotato, yam*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Benedict 72 STCSTC4340
195372592174śrɑpotato / yam*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Chou 72ACST450
50113325921920hraaYAM / POTATO*Chin81.2Kuki-Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC11020
44701525921927ha kaiyamSizang681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC11020
44701425921926háayamThado681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC11020
44701625921928ghayam, Indian potatoCho (Mindat)691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC11020
44701725921929hóojhum potatoKhumi691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC11020
447012p,25921947ba-hrâayamLai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC11020
71669p,2592984ba-hrapotato, yamLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC4340
253537p,2592976ba◦hrayamLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
44701325921924hrá kàiname of a species of wild edible yamnLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC11020
7167025921047hapotato, yamMeithei131.4Meithei1Benedict 72 STCSTC4340
3042002592534thapotato, yamDimasa801.7.1.1Bodo1Benedict 72 STCSTC108n3040
716712592534thapotato, yamDimasa801.7.1.1Bodo1Benedict 72 STCSTC4340
2535352592,m531tha◦remyamDimasa801.7.1.1Bodo1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
3042012592579thapotato, yamGaro811.7.1.2Garo1Benedict 72 STCSTC108n3040
716722592579thapotato, yamGaro811.7.1.2Garo1Benedict 72 STCSTC4340
2941682592514tayamDeori/Deuri831.7.1.4Deori1Brown 95WBB-Deuri690
5509262592,m1567gró-mamedicinal herb, potatoTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Jäschke 1881HAJ-TEDp.780
201882592480di̯o/źi̯wobulb / tuber / potatoChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST450
3042022592460dʻi̯o / źi̯wopotato, bulb, tuberChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Benedict 72 STCSTC108n3040

Chinese comparandum

薯 OC *d’i̯o, not in GSR #45; Mand. shǔ.
芋 OC *gi̯wo ‘taro’, GSR #97o; B & S 2011: *ɢʷa‑s {[ɢ]ʷ(r)a‑s}; Schuessler 2007:589 *wah; Mand. .