*tan

DRY

Reconstruction analysis

handletaninitialtrhymeancoverT · N

Notes

This root is reconstructed in STC p. 190 (in the mammoth footnote 488). No additional support has so far been found. There is also a Chinese comparandum (STC loc. cit.).

Chinese comparandum

灘 OC *t’nɑ̂n, GSR #152m ‘foreshore’; Chou 72: *tʻɑ̂n ‘dry up (as a river), foreshore’; B & S 2011: *n̥ˁar (*n̥ˁ- › th-) ‘foreshore’; Mand. tān ‘beach, shoal’.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetantɑːn ‘dry up (as a river) / foreshore’Chou 72: 152m

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmantan ‘dry’Mortensen 12 Tk

*Tibeto-Burmantan ‘dry’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 614

*Tibeto-Burmantɑn ‘dry up (as a river) / foreshore’Chou 72: 152m

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern NagaC̥morpheme-tʰan ‘dry’French 83: 479

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Written)than-pasuffix ‘dry weather’Benedict 72 STC: 190n488

Tibetan (Written)thɑn-pɑ ‘dry weather / heat / drought’Chou 72: 152m

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)thán-thán ‘dry (nearly)’Benedict 72 STC: 190n488

Burmese (Written)thanʼ-thanʼ ‘nearly dry’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)thɑ́n-thɑ́n ‘nearly dry’Chou 72: 152m

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old/Mid)tʻɑ̂n ‘dry up (as a river) / foreshore’Chou 72: 152m

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #118, *tan ‘DRY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/118

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: cf. STC p.190, HPTB pp.258, 301

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-118,
  title  = {{*tan 'DRY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #118},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/118}
}