2.0 Animals and Animal Verbs > 2.1 Animals of the Chinese Zodiac > 2.1.8 Ovine and Hircine

#4769 PTB *mey GOAT

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

PKC *mee GOAT
PTk *mej GOAT

This etymon evidently has an onomatopoetic component.

rn	analysis	lgid	reflex	gloss	gfn	language	grpid	grpno	grp	genetic	citation	srcabbr	srcid	rn
500800	4769	1920	mee	GOAT		*Chin	8	1.2	Kuki-Chin	1	VanBik 09 PKC	KVB-PKC	769	0
445327	4769	1928	me	goat		Cho (Mindat)	69	1.2.1.2	Southern Plains Chin	1	VanBik 09 PKC	KVB-PKC	769	0
445328	4769,m	1929	míe’◦iee	goat		Khumi	69	1.2.1.2	Southern Plains Chin	1	VanBik 09 PKC	KVB-PKC	769	0
445324	4769,m	1947	me-heʔ	goat		Lai (Hakha)	70	1.2.2	Central Chin	1	VanBik 09 PKC	KVB-PKC	769	0
445325	4769	1923	mée	goat		Lai (Falam)	70	1.2.2	Central Chin	1	VanBik 09 PKC	KVB-PKC	769	0
445326	4769	1924	mè mè	Lushai call for goats	n	Lushai [Mizo]	70	1.2.2	Central Chin	1	VanBik 09 PKC	KVB-PKC	769	0
445323	4769	1921	mi	goat		Lakher [Mara]	71	1.2.3	Maraic	1	VanBik 09 PKC	KVB-PKC	769	0
256390	4769,m	1672	mi◦nu	goat		Yimchungrü	63	1.3.1	Central Naga (Ao Group)	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL		0
256366	p,4769	750	e◦mü	goat		Khezha	65	1.3.2	Angami-Pochuri Group	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL		0
256367	m,4769	790	ka◦mi	goat		Khoirao	64	1.3.3	Zeme Group	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL		0
256369	m,4769	906	ka◦mih	goat		Liangmei	64	1.3.3	Zeme Group	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL		0
256372	p,4769	1018	a◦mi	goat		Maram	64	1.3.3	Zeme Group	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL		0
256391	m,4769	1694	ke◦mei	goat		Zeme	64	1.3.3	Zeme Group	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL		0
257304	m,4769,m,m	1694	ke◦mei◦me◦li	sheep		Zeme	64	1.3.3	Zeme Group	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL		0
256376	m,4769	1137	he◦meu	goat		Mzieme	64	1.3.3	Zeme Group	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL		0
257295	4769,6035	1137	meu◦rün	sheep		Mzieme	64	1.3.3	Zeme Group	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL		0
529028	4769	2031	mej	goat		*Tangkhulic	66	1.3.4	Tangkhulic	1	Mortensen 12 Tk	DRM-Tk	598	0
526384	m,4769	2029	a-mɯ	goat		Champhung	66	1.3.4	Tangkhulic	1	Brown 37 Indo	BRO1837		0
256386	4769	1471	me	goat		Tangkhul	66	1.3.4	Tangkhulic	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL		0
526200	4769	2026	mi-k-re	goat		Tankghul (Central)	66	1.3.4	Tangkhulic	1	Brown 37 Indo	BRO1837		0
526262	4769	2027	mi	goat		Tangkhul (Northern)	66	1.3.4	Tangkhulic	1	Brown 37 Indo	BRO1837		0
526323	4769	2028	me	goat		Tangkhul (Standard)	66	1.3.4	Tangkhulic	1	Brown 37 Indo	BRO1837		0
620500	4769,m,m	2024	ma-k-ri	goat		Tusom	66	1.3.4	Tangkhulic	1	Mortensen 12 Tk	DRM-Tk	Animals.031	0
256396	m,4769	1041	ha◦meng	goat		Meithei	13	1.4	Meithei	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL		1
504034	4769	1987	mẽ	goat (as a sacrificial animal in a temple)		Deori/Deuri	83	1.7.1.4	Deori	1	Jacquesson 05 Deuri	FJ-LD		0
257298	4769	1281	mi	sheep		Phom	85	1.7.2.2	Konyak-Chang	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL		0
488040	4769	1978	mi⁵⁵	sheep		Phom	85	1.7.2.2	Konyak-Chang	1	Burling 98 Phom	BP-PPWL		0
478597	4769,m	1976	mi◦chja	goat		Baram	20	2.1.1	Western Himalayish	0	Kansakar 10 Baram	TRK-Baram	94	0
499743	4769,s	1873	mæ•ʔ◦ma	goat	n	Yamphu	31	2.3.1	Eastern Kiranti	1	Rutgers 98	RR-Yamphu	555.36	0

^ 1.

The final nasals in Meithei and Deuri are perhaps due to assimilation to the syllable initial.