Genital flipflop: a Chinese note
In an earlier note on Karen genital filpflop (Benedict 1979), I reache the conclusion that -the basic Tibeto-Burman/Meta-Karen (perhaps al:, ST) term for 'vulva' is represented by et e yB-. maintained in this sense i Mid and perhaps also Mikir (added by Matisoff in fn. 34). but flipflopped...
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179236 |
| Summary: | In an earlier note on Karen genital filpflop (Benedict 1979), I reache the conclusion that -the basic Tibeto-Burman/Meta-Karen (perhaps al:, ST) term for 'vulva' is represented by et e yB-. maintained in this sense i Mid and perhaps also Mikir (added by Matisoff in fn. 34). but flipflopped 'penis' in Karen. I also expressed the hope that other representatives of tl root would in time come to light. I had been thinking in terms of TB but likely Han cognate has now appeared, indicating a PST provenience for tf. root. |
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