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STEDT #1239

*p-law(ŋ/k)

BLIND

Reconstruction analysis

handleplokinitialplrhymeo((k/ŋ))coverP · NT

Notes

Some reflexes of this root begin with a labial stop, while others begin with l-, leading us to consider the *p- as having been treated as a prefix at certain stages. The Tshona forms look like borrowings from Tibetan.

Reflexes & cognates37 reflexes · 5 subgroups

2.1.2Bodic8

Tsangla (Motuo)pʰok v.‘blind’Sun H 80 MLD
Tsangla (Motuo)pʰok⁵⁵ tɕi⁵⁵morpheme ‘blind person’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tshona (Wenlang)loŋ⁵⁵ bɑ⁵⁵suffix ‘blind person’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)lɔŋ¹³ pᴀ⁵³suffix ‘blind person’Sun H 80 MLD
Tshona (Mama)lɔŋ¹³pᴀ⁵³suffix ‘blind person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 300.6
Cuona Menbaloŋ³⁵wa³¹suffix v.‘blind, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1715.06
Cuona Menbalɔŋ³⁵pa⁵³suffix n‘blind person’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0202.06

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang4

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1239, *p-law(ŋ/k) ‘BLIND’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1239
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1239,
  title  = {{*p-law(ŋ/k) 'BLIND'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1239},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1239}
}