2.0 Animals and Animal Verbs > 2.2 Other Animals > 2.2.6 Insects, Arachnids, and Worms

#2778 PTB *was BEE / HONEY

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

This root has so far only been found in Himalayish. The usual Tibeto-Burman word for HONEY is a compound meaning “bee-juice”.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51609227782012wasbee / honey*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6190
5011842370,27781920khuay-waʔHONEYBEE*Chin81.2Kuki-Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC11530
4472352370,27781926khúay vàahoney beeThado681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC11530
4472342370,27781947khûay |vaʔhoney beeLai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC11530
4472332370,27781921khèi-|vāhoney beenLakher [Mara]711.2.3Maraic1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC11530
33937027781788wăshoneynKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Bailey 11BAI19110
3030992778736wăshoneyKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Benedict 72 STCSTC17n620
3393882778,27881788wăs yaṅṭhbeeKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Bailey 11BAI19110
50544027781988vóthoney-been.Lepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Plaisier 07 LepchaHP-GL0
3030972778900vot |< |watbeeLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Benedict 72 STCSTC17n620
303098m,2778648siŋ-wo < -wabeeHayu302.3.4Western Kiranti1Benedict 72 STCSTC17n620