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STEDT #129

*m/s-nyal

SLEEP / SLEEPY / LIE DOWN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlenyalprefixminitialnyrhymeal⪤s-nyasuffixncoverM · VNLW

Chinese comparandum

OC *mien ~ *mieng, GSR #841b ‘close the eyes; sleep’; Schuessler 2007:383 *mên; Mand. *mián ~ míng.
OC *ngwɑ̂, GSR #9a ‘lie down; sleep’; Schuessler 2007:516 *ŋôih ~ *ŋwâih; B & S 2011: *ŋˁoj-s {[ŋ]ˁ[o]j-s}; Mand. .
OC *t’nwɑ̂r, GSR #354a-c ‘peaceful; stop’; Coblin 86:124 ST *rnəƚ > OC *hnərx; Schuessler 2007:484 *nhôiʔ; B & S 2011: *n̥ˁojʔ; Mand. tuǒ.
OC *sni̯wər, GSR #354g ‘pacify, comfort; tranquil’; Schuessler 2007:484 *snui; Mand. suí.

Reflexes & cognates105 reflexes · 15 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)2

*Sino-Tibetanmɨl ~ myɨl ‘sleep’Coblin 86: 134
*Sino-Tibetanrnəl+ (~ -nyəl+(d)) ‘rest / sleep’Coblin 86: 124

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)6

*Tibeto-Burmanmyel (*B) ‘sleep’Coblin 86: 134

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingphomye(n) ‘fall into sleep’Benedict 72 STC: 15n53
Jingphomyen ~ mye ‘sleepy’Coblin 86: 134
Jingphomyén ⪤ myè ‘fall into sleep / swoon’Benedict 72 STC: 197

2.1.2Bodic5

Baimaȵɛ³⁵ ‘sleep / be asleep’Sun H 91 Baim: 1.16
Tshona (Wenlang)ȵeu³⁵ ‘sleep’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)ȵɛː¹³ ‘sleep’Sun H 80 MLD
Tshona (Mama)ȵɛː¹³ ‘sleep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 582.6

2.1.2.1Tibetan34

Tibetan (Balti)ñʌlba·morpheme ‘lie down and sleep’Rangan 75: 75
Tibetan (Balti)ŋʌlchua·morpheme ‘rest’Rangan 75: 30
Tibetan (Balti)ŋʌlcʰua·morpheme ‘rest’Rangan 75: 69
Tibetan (Batang)ȵɛ²³¹ ‘sleep / be asleep’Dai 89 Bata: 1.16
Tibetan (Batang)mei¹³sᴜ⁵³morpheme v.‘rest’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1740.03
Tibetan (Jirel)'nyāl-gimorpheme-dukmorpheme v‘sleep’Hale 73 CSD: 01.060
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)ŋa¹³so⁵³morpheme ‘rest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 581.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)ŋɛ¹³so⁵⁵morpheme ca¹³²morpheme v.‘rest’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1740.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)ŋɛ¹⁵so⁵³morpheme-cap¹³morpheme ‘rest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 581.2
Spitiñyalšemorpheme v‘sleep’Bodh 91: 1.16
Tibetan (Written)mnyald-pasuffix ‘fall ill, be sick in bed’This WT form with the archaic -d suffix (the so-called da-drag) is properly to be labelled “Old Tibetan”, as in Coblin p. 125.Coblin 86: 125
Tibetan (Written)mnyel-basuffix ‘get tired’Coblin 86: 124
Tibetan (Written)nyal-basuffix v‘sleep’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)nyal-posuffix ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)nyel-basuffix be v.‘ill’Coblin 86: 124
Tibetan (Written)rnal ‘rest, tranquillity of mind’Coblin 86: 124
Tibetan (Written)ŋal gsomorpheme bjedmorpheme v.‘rest’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1740.01
Tibetan (Written)ŋal gsomorpheme brgjabmorpheme ‘rest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 581.1

2.1.4Tamangish12

Chantyalnɦu-wasuffix ‘sleep / be asleep’Noonan 92: 1.16
Gurung (Ghachok)nebaqsuffix ‘lay down / put to sleep’Glover 72 GuVo
Manang (Gyaru)nɯː³ ra²morpheme bi²morpheme ra²morpheme mo²morpheme ‘sleepy’Nagano 84 Man: 108-01
Manang (Gyaru)nɯː³ ra²morpheme mo²morpheme V‘sleep’Nagano 84 Man: 108
Manang (Prakaa)⁴nuː ²rəmorpheme- ‘sleep’Hoshi 84: 0325
Manang (Prakaa)⁴nuː ²rəmorphemesuffix ‘sleepy’Hoshi 84: 0931
Tamang (Sahu)'nuː-pasuffix v.‘lie down (go bed)’Taylor 72 TmVo: 13.B.17
Thakali (Tukche)'nuh rɔhmorpheme-morpheme ‘sleep’Hari 71a ThVo: 2.B.2.16
Thakali (Tukche)'nuh-morpheme ‘sleep’Hari 71a ThVo: 1.60.1

2.2Newar3

Newarnhyɔ: ‘sleep / be asleep’Shakya 89: 1.16
Newarnhyɔlɔ̃ca#5768 PTB *tsywar ‘AWAKE’-yesuffix ‘awake / be awake’Shakya 89: 1.17

2.3.4Western Kiranti6

Bahingjold- be v.‘sleepy, to fall asleep’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 201
Bahingmyel vs.‘sleepy’Benedict 72 STC: 197
Bahingmyel ‘sleepy’STC 197.Coblin 86: 134
Sunwar√ᴴŋal- v.‘feel sleepy’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 201
Thulungyol- be v.‘in decline, to be very i’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 201
Thulungyul- be v.‘in decline, to be very i’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 201

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Chepanghnilh- v.‘sleep’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 201
Chepanghnilʰ-sasuffix ‘sleep’Caughley 72 CVoc: 2.B.2.16

3.2Qiangic16

Qiang (Mawo) (?) ‘sleep / be asleep’Sun H 91 MawQ: 1.16
Qiang (Mawo)ɑprefix v.‘lie down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1661.08
Qiang (Mawo)ɑprefixn v.‘lie down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1661.08
Qiang (Taoping)ne⁵⁵ ‘sleep’Sun H 81 Qia
Xumimiæ³³du⁵⁵morpheme v.‘sleepy, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1486.17

5Tujia12

Tujiane²¹ ‘sleep / be asleep’Chen 86 TuMQ: 1.16
Tujia (Southern)ne²¹ ‘sleep’Tian 86
Tujiane³⁵ ‘sleep / be asleep’Chen 86 TuBQ: 1.16
Tujia (Northern)ne³⁵ ‘sleep’Tian 86
Tujia (Northern)nie2bie1morphemeta4morpheme vi.‘unable to sleep’Brassett 04 Tujia
Tujia (Northern)nie2ta1morphemeti3morpheme vi.‘unable to sleep’Brassett 04 Tujia
Tujia (Northern)nie²bie⁴morphemeta⁴morpheme be v.‘unable to get to sleep’Brassett 06 Tujia: 4.6
Tujia (Northern)nie²ta¹morphemeti³morpheme be v.‘unable to sleep’Brassett 06 Tujia: 4.6
Tujiaȵie³⁵ v.‘sleep’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1646.49
Tujiaȵie³⁵ ‘sleep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 582.38

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)miən ‘close the eyes / sleep’Chou 72: 457e
Chinese (Old)hnərx ‘rest / sleep’Coblin 86: 124

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #129, *m/s-nyal ‘SLEEP / SLEEPY / LIE DOWN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/129
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-129,
  title  = {{*m/s-nyal 'SLEEP / SLEEPY / LIE DOWN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #129},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/129}
}