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STEDT #1283

*m-yaŋ

PENIS / TESTICLE / STINGER (of bee)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlezyaŋinitialz(y)rhymeaŋcoverS · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*yaŋ ‘PENIS / STINGER (of bee)’PKC #1224

Tangkhulic*ʃaŋ ‘PENIS’DRM#480

Notes

This etymon has so far been uncovered almost exclusively in the NE Indian Areal Group, where it is widely attested. The Lailenpi and Lotha forms point to a prototype with nasal prefix, *N-yaŋ. Many of the daughter languages have developed initial z- in this etymon. In several languages, the meaning of this word extends to ‘stinger of bee’, which perhaps is the original meaning. For the stinging semantics, cf. vulgar English prick.

An excellent extra-NE Indian candidate for cognacy is Jingpho rāŋ ‘to be concupiscent; to be driven by sexual desires; to burn with lust’ (Hanson 1906/1954:564), recorded as ʒaŋ³³ in Dai, et al. 1983:684, where it is glossed 性冲动 ‘sexual impulse’. See the compound ne³¹ ʒaŋ³³ ‘sexually potent male’, under #545 PTB *m-ney PENIS, above.

Reflexes & cognates61 reflexes · 12 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Milangɲaŋ-kemorpheme ‘male’Milang ɲ- looks like a fusion of the nasal prefix plus the root-initial y-.Tayeng 76 Mil

1.2Kuki-Chin3

*Chinyaŋ ‘penis / stinger (of bee)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1224

*Chinyaŋ ‘PENIS / STINGER (of bee)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1224

Thanphumʒɑŋ⁵ ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Kuki-Chinjang◦mul#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘male pubic hair’Haokip 98: 10.3.6

Sizangzang ‘penis’VanBik 09 PKC: 1224

Thadozáŋ ‘penis’VanBik 09 PKC: 1224

Tiddimzang¹ ‘penis’VanBik 09 PKC: 1224

Tiddimzaŋ³ ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin10

Asho (Sandoway)ăˋprefixyaᴜŋ2 ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Cho (Mindat)yang ‘penis’VanBik 09 PKC: 1224

Awa Khumiăprefix◦yɑ̃² ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Khumijaang ‘penis; stinger (of bee)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1224

Awa Khumiyɑ̃³dü²#300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’MesorootsPKC *ɗu(u)y ⪤ *tu(u)y ‘EGG’PTk *dɨ ‘EGG’PKar *Ɂdejᴮ ‘EGG’Allofams2a #300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’2b #1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ ‘testicles’Luce 85: P.13

Khumi (Ahraing)yɑ̃¹ ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Khumi (Bangladesh)yaang◦kduy#300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’MesorootsPKC *ɗu(u)y ⪤ *tu(u)y ‘EGG’PTk *dɨ ‘EGG’PKar *Ɂdejᴮ ‘EGG’Allofams2a #300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’2b #1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ ‘male genitals ("penis + testicles")’Peterson 2008

Matupiyɑŋ⁴ ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Womatuyak¹tui⁴#300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’MesorootsPKC *ɗu(u)y ⪤ *tu(u)y ‘EGG’PTk *dɨ ‘EGG’PKar *Ɂdejᴮ ‘EGG’Allofams2a #300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’2b #1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ ‘testicles’Note the denasalization before a voiceless stop of Womatu yak¹ (< #1283 PTB *m-yaŋ PENIS / TESTICLE / STINGER (of bee)).Luce 85: P.13

Womatuyaŋ¹ ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

1.2.2Central Chin8

Khualsimzaŋ² ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Lai (Hakha)zâŋ ‘penis; stinger (of bee)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1224

Lai (Falam)záŋ ‘penis; stinger (of bee)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1224

Lai (Hakha)zaŋ⁵ ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Lushai [Mizo]zang ‘penis’Matisoff 87 BP

Lushai [Mizo]zang tan#3563 PTB *dan ‘CUT’PKC *tan ‘AMPUTATE / CUT / CROSS (cf. shortcut)’ ‘circumcise’Matisoff 87 BP

Lushai [Mizo]zǎŋ ‘penis; stinger (of bee)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1224

Lushai [Mizo]zaŋ³ ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

1.2.3Maraic11

Lailenpiməprefix◦yə'¹ ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Lakher [Mara]zá ‘penis’VanBik 09 PKC: 1224

Lakher [Mara]za-vo#591 PTB *pʷ(i/u)(l/n) ‘SKIN’PTani *pɯn ‘SKIN’PKC *wun ‘SKIN (n.) / LEATHER’PTk *hol ‘SKIN / BARK’PNN *s-wun ⪤ *wur ‘SKIN / FLESH’ ‘foreskin ("penis-skin")’Matisoff 87 BP

Lakher [Mara]za-vo#591 PTB *pʷ(i/u)(l/n) ‘SKIN’PTani *pɯn ‘SKIN’PKC *wun ‘SKIN (n.) / LEATHER’PTk *hol ‘SKIN / BARK’PNN *s-wun ⪤ *wur ‘SKIN / FLESH’-taimorpheme ‘circumcision’Matisoff 87 BP

Lothvo (Hiranpi)yuə³ ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Lothvo (Hiranpi)ʒuə³ ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Merazɑ'¹ ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Tha'oayaŋ² ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Xongsaizaŋ² ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Xongsaiʒaŋ² ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

Zotungzɑ̃⁵ ‘penis’Luce 85: P.20

1.2.4“Old Kuki”11

Kom Remǰəŋ ‘penis’Toba 91 KRQ: 10.3.1

Kom Remǰəŋ kəti#1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’MesorootsPKC *til ‘TESTICLE / SCROTUM’Allofams2a #300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’2b #1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’◦mu#685 PTB *s-mu ‘SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT’PKC *muu ‘SEED’ ‘testicle’Toba 91 KRQ: 10.3.5

Kom Remǰəŋ mih#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘male pubic hair’Toba 91 KRQ: 10.3.6

Kom Remǰəŋ mətʰermorpheme ‘glans penis’Toba 91 KRQ: 10.3.2

Kom Remǰəŋ vun#591 PTB *pʷ(i/u)(l/n) ‘SKIN’PTani *pɯn ‘SKIN’PKC *wun ‘SKIN (n.) / LEATHER’PTk *hol ‘SKIN / BARK’PNN *s-wun ⪤ *wur ‘SKIN / FLESH’ ‘foreskin ("penis-skin")’Toba 91 KRQ: 10.3.3

Moyonjʌŋ ‘penis’Kosha 90: 10.3.1

Moyonjʌŋ◦bów#3486 PKC *(ɓ/p)oo ‘SPERM / SEMEN’ ‘semen’Kosha 90: 10.3.7

Moyonjʌŋ◦bów#3486 PKC *(ɓ/p)oo ‘SPERM / SEMEN’ isòwʔmorpheme v‘ejaculate’Kosha 90: 10.3.8

Moyonjʌŋ◦brímorpheme ‘glans penis’Kosha 90: 10.3.2

Moyonjʌŋ◦brímorpheme◦khùmmorpheme ‘foreskin’Kosha 90: 10.3.3

Moyonjʌŋ◦mówr#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘male pubic hair’Kosha 90: 10.3.6

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)3

Lotha NagaNjo ‘penis’Nienu 90 LotQ: 10.3.1

Lotha NagaNjo◦hum#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘male pubic hair’Nienu 90 LotQ: 10.3.6

Lotha Naganjo◦tsung#3590 PTB *tsyaŋ ‘ROUND OBJECT / SEED / NUT / TESTICLE’PCN *tsaŋ ‘SEED, NUT’ ‘testicle’Nienu 90 LotQ: 10.3.5

1.3.4Tangkhulic7

*Tangkhulicʃaŋ ‘penis’Mortensen 12 Tk: 480

Huishuʔamorpheme-so ‘penis’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.303

Tangkhulshaŋ◦honmorpheme ‘ring on the penis; corona glandis’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulshaŋ◦khā#1110 PTB *ka ‘BALL / EGG / TESTICLE / EYEBALL’ ‘testicle’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulshaŋ◦kui#1640 PTB *s-kyu ‘MALE / PENIS’ ‘penis’The second syllable is homophonous with Tangkhul kui ‘head’, though this seems to be fortuitous, since the form does not mean ‘glans’.Tangkhul kui is homophonous with kui ‘head’, though this seems to be fortuitous, since shaŋ kui does not mean ‘glans’.Matisoff 87 BP

Tusomʔəmorpheme-sχã ‘penis’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.296

Ukhrulʃɐŋ-kuj ‘penis’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Phomdaŋ³³ ‘penis’Matisoff 93 PC

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphone³¹#545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’Allofams114 #1285 PTB *m-(l/n)ey ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114a #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114b #545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’ʒaŋ³³ n.‘sexually potent male’Dai 83 Jing

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1283, *m-yaŋ ‘PENIS / TESTICLE / STINGER (of bee)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1283

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

References: 1638?

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1283,
  title  = {{*m-yaŋ 'PENIS / TESTICLE / STINGER (of bee)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1283},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1283}
}