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STEDT #1402

*m/s-twaŋ

SEE / SHOW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This etymon is a simplex/causative pair, with the former marked by the nasal prefix and the latter by prefixal *s-. Written Tibetan shows variation of the final nasal (mthoŋ ‘see’ ⪤ ston ‘show’).

Chinese comparandum

黨 OC *tɑ̂ng, GSR #725r ‘know, understand’; Schuessler 2007:206 *tâŋʔ; B & S 2011: *tˁaŋʔ; Mand. dǎng.

Reflexes & cognates65 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.1.2Deng7

Darang [Taraon]kɑ³¹prefix tiɯŋ⁵³ ‘see (jiandao)’Sun H 80 MLD
Darang [Taraon]kɑ³¹prefixtiɯŋ⁵³ v.‘see’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1471.22
Darang [Taraon]kɑ³¹prefixtiɯŋ⁵³ ‘see’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 529.49
Idua⁵⁵prefixtʰu⁵³ v‘see / look’Sun H 91 IduQ: 3.4.9
Iduaprefix◦tʰu◦gamorpheme ‘see’Pulu 78
Iduɑ⁵⁵prefixthuŋ⁵³ ‘see’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 529.50
Yiduɑ⁵⁵prefixthuŋ⁵³ v.‘see’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1471.25

2.1.2.1Tibetan19

Tibetan (Alike)rton v.‘let s.b. see / show’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1470.05
Tibetan (Batang)tẽ⁵⁵ v.‘let s.b. see / show’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1470.03
Tibetan (Jirel)thong-gimorpheme-dukqmorpheme ‘see’Hale 73 CSD: 01.057
Tibetan (Lhasa)(əm⁵⁵morphemetɕhi⁵⁵morpheme) tɛ̃⁵⁵ v.‘see ( a doctor)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1472.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)tɛ̃⁵⁵ v.‘let s.b. see / show’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1470.02
Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)tūn◦genmorpheme v‘see’Bishop 89: 3.4.9
Tibetan (Written)bstan v.‘let s.b. see / show’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1470.01
Tibetan (Written)mthoŋ-bamorpheme ‘see’Zhang Liansheng 88: 89
Tibetan (Xiahe)hton v.‘let s.b. see / show’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1470.04
Tibetan (Xiahe)nalmorpheme hton v.‘see ( a doctor)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1472.04

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Bantawakhamorpheme◦manmorpheme◦Tok◦kamorpheme◦bamorpheme ‘blind’Rai 85 BnDs

2.3.3Central Kiranti2

Khalingthō-nemorpheme v‘see’Hale 73 CSD: 10b2.14
Khaling√tho- v.‘see, to get, to beget’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 150

3.2Qiangic17

Ersundo⁵⁵ ‘see’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Ersundo⁵⁵ ‘see’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 529.18
Lyuzukho³³morphemenduo⁵³ v.‘see’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1471.18
Lyuzutuo⁵³li⁵³morpheme v.‘let s.b. see / show’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1470.18
Lyuzuȵi³³morphemetuo⁵³ v.‘see ( a doctor)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1472.18
Namuyindo⁵³ v.‘see / look’Sun H 91 NamQ: 3.4.9
Namuyindo⁵³ ‘see’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 529.19
Namuyinduo⁵⁵ʂa³¹morpheme v.‘see’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1471.46
Pumi (Lanping)sto⁵⁵ v.‘see ( a doctor)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1472.09
Pumi (Lanping)sto⁵⁵ku⁵⁵morpheme v.‘let s.b. see / show’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1470.09
Qiang (Mawo)stu v.‘let s.b. see / show’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1470.08
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]dã³⁵morpheme do³⁵ ‘see’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 3.4.9
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]dã³⁵morphemedo⁵⁵ ‘see’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 529.16
Xumidõ³³ (sɿ⁵⁵morpheme) v.‘see’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1471.17
Xumidɔ̃³³ ‘see’Sun H 91 ShiQ
Xumidɔ̃³³ ‘see’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 529.20

3.3.1rGyalrong3

rGyalrongkaprefix mto v.‘see / look’Dai 89 Jiar: 3.4.9
rGyalrongkaprefix mto ‘see’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 529.12

6.2Naxi6

Naxi (Eastern)do³³ ‘see’He 85
Naxi (Western)ly³¹morphemedo³¹ ‘see’He 85
Naxi (Lijiang)ly³¹morphemedo³¹ ‘see’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 529.28

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1402, *m/s-twaŋ ‘SEE / SHOW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1402
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1402,
  title  = {{*m/s-twaŋ 'SEE / SHOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1402},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1402}
}