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STEDT #1405

*ka(n/ŋ)

KNOW / SEE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Chinese comparandum

看 OC *k’ɑ̂n, GSR #142a ‘gaze at, look at’; Schuessler 2007:332 *khâns; B & S 2011: *kʰˁar-s {kʰˁa[r]-s}; Mand. kàn.

Reflexes & cognates28 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Khoiraokang◦tanmorpheme v‘know’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei2

Meitheikang v‘know’Marrison 67 Naga
Meitheikhang v‘know’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.1Western Himalayish3

Pattani [Manchati]khã◦ḍẓimorpheme v‘see / look’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 3.4.9
Pattani [Manchati]kən◦ɖrimorpheme v.‘show’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH
Pattani [Manchati]kʰəɳ◦ɖrimorpheme v.‘see, examine’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.2Bodic6

Tshona (Wenlang)kɑn⁵⁵ ‘know / can / be able to’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Wenlang)kɑn⁵⁵nu⁵⁵morpheme ‘know’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)khᴀn⁵⁵ni⁵³morpheme ‘know’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 722.6
Cuona Menbakhan⁵⁵ni⁵³morpheme v.‘know (to write)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1392.06
Cuona Menbakhan⁵⁵ni⁵³morpheme v.‘know’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1798.06

2.2Newar3

Newarkhan◦emorpheme v.‘look, t’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 113

2.3Kiranti1

*Kirantikoŋ- v.‘look, to guard / to show’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 113

2.3.2Southern Kiranti8

BantawakhaN ‘see’Rai 85 BnDs
Bantawakhang- v.t.‘see’Rai 84 BnDc: 36
Bantawakhaŋ- v.‘see, to look at’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 113
Chamlingkhang-(u)morpheme ‘see / look’Winter 85: 19
Chamlingkhang-umorpheme v.‘see, to look at’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 113
Kulungkhoŋ-umorpheme v.‘look, t’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 113
Kulungkhoŋ-umorpheme v.‘look’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.4Western Kiranti3

Bahingkoŋ- v.‘look, to watch’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 113
Sunwarkoː- v.‘look, to watch’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 113
Sunwar√ᴸkoŋ- v.‘look’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 113

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1405, *ka(n/ŋ) ‘KNOW / SEE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1405
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1405,
  title  = {{*ka(n/ŋ) 'KNOW / SEE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1405},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1405}
}