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STEDT #135

*(g/k)aŋ

FULL / SATIATED
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlegaŋprefixbinitialgrhymeaŋcoverK · N

Notes

This root appears in many Tibetan dialects with the meaning ‘full’. The notion of ‘satiated’ is attested in Ergong and Sak.

The Ergong forms reflect a labial prefix, perhaps *b-.

Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakkaŋ ‘satiated’Huziwara 08 Sak: 90a

3.2Qiangic1

3.3rGyalrongic3

Ergong (Daofu)daprefix fkhɑŋ ‘full / be satiated’Dai 89 Daof: 3.7.10
Ergong (Danba)vkhiɔŋ ‘full / satiated’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 896.14
Ergong (Danba)vkʰiɔŋ ‘full / be satiated’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 3.7.10

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #135, *(g/k)aŋ ‘FULL / SATIATED’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/135
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-135,
  title  = {{*(g/k)aŋ 'FULL / SATIATED'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #135},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/135}
}