7.0 Adjectival Verbs > 7.1 Adjectives and attributives > 7.1.5 Object Qualities > 7.1.5.1 General - form

#639 PTB *mwəy FINE / DELICATE

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
19838639174mwəyminute / smalladj.*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Chou 72ACST584d-e0
5154896392012mwəyfine / delicate*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6030
441243639406mweʼfine, delicateBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 76 WBurPKB-WBRD0
6120336392207smallChinese (Hanzi)529Sinitic1BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201128810
60637163922110584dsmallChinese (GSR #)529Sinitic1BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201128810
20381639,639480mi̯wər/mywəiminute / smalladj.Chinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST584d-e0
295556639471mjɨjsmallChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0Baxter 92WHB-OC12320
6022976392210məjsmallChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201128810
5982236392209mj+|jsmallChinese (Middle)549.0.2Middle Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201128810
5941496392208wēismallChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201128810

Chinese comparandum

微 OC *mi̯wər, GSR #584a-e ‘small, minute’; Baxter 1992: *mjɨj; B & S 2011: *məj; Mand. wēi.