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Apparent roots that B-S don't explain

*qʷʰˤaj 'move'

Character	OC (B-S)	Gloss	Prefix	Infix	Suffix
訛	*m-qʷʰˤaj	move; change	*m- (volitional verbalizer)	-	-
貨	*qʷʰˁaj-s	(movable) property, goods	-	-	*-s (nominalizer)
化	*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'

Character	OC (B-S)	Gloss	Prefix	Infix	Suffix
飛	*Cə.pә[r] (dialect: *-r > *-j)	fly (v.)	-	-	-
𦐈	*(Cә.)pә[r]	fly (v.), soar	-	-	-
奮	*(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'

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

Schuessler (2007) suggests a connection between 垂 and 睡.

*qʰat 'rest'

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

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

New word families

*pˤawk 'patterned'

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

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

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

New reconstructions

*[dz]ewk 'chew'

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

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

*[p]ək 'bat'

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

*[k](r)u 'turtledove'

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

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