*s-nak

SNOT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlenap/kinitialnrhymeap/kcoverM · T

Connections

HPTB (PLB)*ʔ-napᴸ ‘snot’pp. 99, 112

Notes

We set up this root provisionally as being separate from the much better attested #805 PTB *s-nap SNOT / NASAL MUCUS. The Yimchungrü form is included here because of the velar final, despite its anomalous initial.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)2

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)hŋak◦sákmorpheme n.‘phlegm’Coupe 07 Ao

Yimchungrü(¹)heak ‘phlegm’Weidert 87 TBTo: 641

6.1.1Burmish2

Achang (Lianghe)hnak⁵⁵ ‘snot’LaPolla 87: 187

Achang (Lianghe)n̥ɑk⁵⁵ ‘snot’Dai 85 AcJZ

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1318, *s-nak ‘SNOT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1318

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

References: incl 3194,3195. cf PKB's article in Sprigg Festschr

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1318,
  title  = {{*s-nak 'SNOT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1318},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1318}
}