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#3473 PTB *m-brel COPULATE / CONNECT

The basic meaning of this etymon seems to be ‘hang together; cohere; be connected; come together; meet, join’ (see the range of meanings in WT, Jäschke p. 402). It is attested chiefly in Himalayish, with apparently excellent Qiangic cognates. The nasal prefix is reflected by the WT a-chung (ḥ‑), and directly by the Northern rGyalrong form. It is of course quite possible that the rGyalrong and Ergong forms are borrowings from Tibetan.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
1161073473,s1568h̥brel-bacopulate / join / be connectedTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
1277923473,s436pɦe-wacopulateChantyal232.1.4Tamangish1Noonan 92NPB-ChanQ10.20
147449m,3473,m604mehq bral◦dibacopulate (animals), have sexual intercourse (cows)Gurung (Ghachok)232.1.4Tamangish1Glover 72 GuVoSIL-Gur0
1474503473,s604preh◦bacopulate (animals), have sexual intercourse (animals)Gurung (Ghachok)232.1.4Tamangish1Glover 72 GuVoSIL-Gur0
3070763473,s602prxe-bacopulateGurung (Ghachok)232.1.4Tamangish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety 1
12628234731455⁴pjacopulatevTamang (Risiangku)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 91 TamQMM-TamRisQ10.20
17832634731456⁴pjacopulate (of males)Tamang (Risiangku)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 94 TheseMM-Thesis7020
1160363473,s1459ˊpyāh◦pācopulateTamang (Sahu)232.1.4Tamangish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
1160373473,s1527peh-lacopulateThakali (Tukche)232.1.4Tamangish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
683433473,s1531peh-lɔcopulateThakali (Tukche)232.1.4Tamangish1Hari 71a ThVoSIL-Thak2.B.2.130
137053473,3473559ʔphə phəcopulatev.Ergong (Daofu)353.3rGyalrongic1Dai 89 DaofDQ-Daofu10.20
130597m,m,3473,3473617tə◦ka mbrə mbrocopulatevrGyalrong (Northern)783.3.1rGyalrong1Sun H 91 rNQSHK-rGNQ10.20

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Gurung prxe‑ba is cited in Noonan’s (1999) Chantyal Dictionary and Texts under ‘have sex’.