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*maŋ

FRONT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlemaŋinitialmrhymeaŋcoverM · N

Notes

This root seems to be attested mostly in Loloish, with a sprinkling of forms from elsewhere.

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Moyonmàŋ◦šòkmorpheme ~ maŋ◦šòkmorpheme ‘front’Kosha 90: 1.5

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Kachaiməmorpheme-mɐŋ ‘in front of’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.007

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish8

Yi (Liangshan)mo²¹ ‘before; front, in; previously’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)mɛ²¹ ‘ahead; before; earlier; front’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)mɛ²¹lɛ³³morpheme ‘ahead; front’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Xide)me²¹ le³³morpheme ‘front’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Xide)me²¹le³³morpheme ‘front’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 51.21
Yi (Xide)mᴇ²¹ ‘front’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)mᴇ²¹ tɕo³⁴morpheme ‘in front’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Lisu (Northern)mɤ²¹dʑæ²¹morpheme N‘in front; future; prospect’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)mɤ²¹dʑæ²¹morphemeɤ²¹morpheme ‘get to the front in a roundabout way; take over the topic; thread of discourse’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)mɤ⁵⁵dʑæ²¹morpheme N‘front; in front of’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisumɯ³¹dʑɛ³¹morpheme n/adv‘front’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0712.40
Lisumɯ³¹dʒɛ³¹morpheme ‘front’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 51.27

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1210, *maŋ ‘FRONT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1210
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1210,
  title  = {{*maŋ 'FRONT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1210},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1210}
}