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

#302 PTB *plyum BEE / WASP

Reconstructed mesoroots below:
rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
5156473022012plyumbee / wasp*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6070
503673021545pliumhornet <wasp>Thulung302.3.4Western Kiranti1Allen 75NJA-Thulung0
5294283022038phrɨNᴬhornet*Karen507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK148 1
5310553022044phlu⁵⁵hornetBwe507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK1480
5307843022043phlɨ³³hornetKayah507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK1480
5304833022042phrɨ⁵³hornetKayan507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK1480
498184302,m1981pʰryə́n◦mə̄nbee hive [lit. bee-?]NKayan (Pekon)507Karenic1Manson 10 KayanKM-Kayan0
5313323022045phrɨ⁵⁵hornetKayaw507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK1480
3109703021235phrùmwasp, paperPa-O507Karenic1Solnit 89 PaODBS-PaO0
5299363022040phrɨm³¹¨hornetPa-O (Northern)507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK1480
5302083022041phrɨn³¹¨hornetPa-O (Southern)507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK1480
3109713021235phrɨ̀mwasp, paper (2)Pa-O507Karenic1Solnit 89 PaODBS-PaO0
5322473022048phlɑ̃³⁵hornetPwo (Northern)507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK1480
5325293022049phlə̃ɨ⁵³hornetPwo (Southern)507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK1480
5316453022046phlə³³hornetSgaw (Northern)507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK1480
5319513022047phlɨ⁵⁵hornetSgaw (Southern)507Karenic1Luangthongkum 13TL-PK1480
6098683022207beeChinese (Hanzi)529Sinitic1BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-20117160
615351m,3022218蜜◦蜂honey-beeChinese (Hanzi)529Sinitic1Nagano 2013 rGyDBYN-RGLD15170
60420630222111197sbeeChinese (GSR #)529Sinitic1BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-20117160
329140302,302481pʼi̯ung/pʼi̯wongbee / wasp / wasp-stungChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Karlgren 57 GSRGSR1197s-t0
6001323022210pʰoŋ {pʰ(r)oŋ}beeChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-20117160
5960583022209phjowngbeeChinese (Middle)549.0.2Middle Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-20117160
366643021011fengbeeChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0Sun J 85 ChGlJS-Ch590
5919843022208fēngbeeChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-20117160
142322m,3021010mì◦fēngbeeChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0Evans 91ELS-CLL0

Chinese comparandum

Note WT bung ‘bee’ ≠ WT sbrang ‘bee, fly’ (Coblin).

蜂 OC *pʼi̯ung, GSR #1197s-t ‘bee’; B & S 2011: *pʰoŋ {pʰ(r)oŋ}; Mand. fēng.
縫 ‘sew, stitch’ *boŋ {(mə‑)[b](r)oŋ}~ C.[b](r)oŋ
縫 ‘seam’ *C.boŋ‑s {C.[b](r)oŋ‑s}
鋒 ‘point of a weapon’ *pʰoŋ {pʰ(r)oŋ}


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[Source note] In SK *phr- has become phl-.