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Apparent roots that B-S don't explain

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*qʷʰˤaj 'move'

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Character OC (B-S) Gloss Prefix Infix Suffix
*m-qʷʰˤaj move; change *m- (volitional verbalizer) - -
*qʷʰˁaj-s (movable) property, goods - - *-s (nominalizer)
*qʷʰˤ<r>aj-s transform - *<r> (distributive/causative?) *-s (exoactive)

These are placed in the same word family by Schuessler (2007).

*(Cə.)pә[r] 'fly'

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Character OC (B-S) Gloss Prefix Infix Suffix
*Cə.pә[r] (dialect: *-r > *-j) fly (v.) - - -
𦐈 *(Cә.)pә[r] fly (v.), soar - - -
*(Cә.)pə[r]-s (W dialect) spread wings and fly - - *-s (exoactive)

These are placed in the same word family by Schuessler (2007) and Hill (2014).

*[d]o[j] 'hang down'

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Character OC (B-S) Gloss Prefix Infix Suffix
*[d]o[j] hang down - - -
*[d]o[j]-s doze off - - *-s (?)

Schuessler (2007) suggests a connection between and .

*qʰat 'rest'

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Character OC (B-S) Gloss Prefix Infix Suffix
*qʰat cease, rest (v.) - - -
*C.qʰ<r>at to rest *C- (?) *<r> (distributive) -
*C.qʰ<r>a[t]-s rest (v.) *C- (?) *<r> (distributive) *-s (?)

The pair and is mentioned in Sagart (2007). Wang (1982) connects to .

New word families

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*pˤawk 'patterned'

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Character OC (B-S) OC (B-S) (Leung) Gloss Prefix Infix Suffix
*pˁawk - embroidered collar - - -
*pˤrawk *pˤ<r>awk horse of mixed color - *<r> (distributive) -
*pˤr[e]wk-s *mə-pˤ<r>awk-s leopard *mə- (animal) *<r> (distributive) *-s (nominalizer)

and are placed in the same word family by Schuessler (2007).

The prefix in is based on the revised OC *nə-pˤr[e]wk-s by Jacques (2020), based on evidence from Jiangdi Mien.

New reconstructions

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*[dz]ewk 'chew'

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Character OC (B-S) OC (B-S) (Leung) Gloss Prefix Infix Suffix
- *[dz]ewk chew - - -
1 *[dz]ewk-s - chew - - *-s (exoactive)
2 - *[dz]ewk-s living creature (lit. one who chews) - - *-s (nominalizer)

and 1 are placed in the same word family by Schuessler (2007).

*[p]ək 'bat'

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Character OC (B-S) OC (B-S) (Leung) Gloss Prefix Infix Suffix Notes
*[p]ək (Sagart, 2017) - bat - - -
- *m-p<r>ək bat *m- (animal) *<r> (?) - No MC descendant, but seems to explain Hakka 蝠(婆)

*[k](r)u 'turtledove'

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Character OC (B-S) OC (B-S) (Leung) Gloss Prefix Infix Suffix Notes
*[k](r)u *mə-[k](r)u turtledove *mə- (animal) - -

The prefix in is based on the OC *nə-ku by Jacques (2020), based on evidence from Jiangdi Mien.