1.0 The Body > 1.9 Reproductive System > 1.9.8 Copulate

#3470 PTB *ywa COPULATE
Reconstructed mesoroots below:

This root was reconstructed for Proto-Tani by J. Sun (1993), but seems to have a wider distribution, both elsewhere in the NE Indian Areal Group (Konyak) and in Himalayish. The Konyak, Baima, and Spiti compounds look like they all have the same morphemic structure, with #3475 PTB *yaŋ LOVE / DESIRE / COPULATE [see below] as their second element.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
2830903470173jocopulate*Tani51.1.1Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST810
1525523470285ícopulateApatani731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
1732963470333jucopulateBengni731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST0
1732973470360jocopulateBokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST0
1548803470,m365jo-raːhave sexBokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
45564p,3470,s564a◦ya-namlovevGalo731.1.1.1Western Tani1Das Gupta 63 GalKDG-IGL0
17329834701253jocopulatePadam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST0
1160533470189yocopulatePadam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
1160543470,m189yo-shucopulatePadam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety 1
1548813470498joːhave sexDamu741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
2448633470,3475807ya◦yianglovevKonyak851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
1265133470,3475319ʒɔ¹³ iɔ¹³copulatevBaima222.1.2Bodic1Sun H 91 BaimSHK-BaimaQ10.2 2
1271113470,34751426jo◦jecopulateSpiti242.1.2.1Tibetan1Bodh 91CB-SpitiQ10.20

^ 1.
Abor-Miri ‑shu ‘REFLEXIVE’.
^ 2.
The binomial roots Spiti jo je ‘copulate’ and Konyak ya yiang ‘love (v.)’ suggest that Baima ʒɔ¹³ belongs with #3470 PTB *ywa COPULATE, while iɔ¹³ descends rather from #3475 PTB *yaŋ LOVE / DESIRE / COPULATE.