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STEDT #1409

*(b/p)aːŋ

DEAF
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handleBaŋinitial(b/p)rhymeaːŋcoverP · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*p(j)aŋ ‘DEAF’PCN #195
Loloish*baŋ² ‘DEAF’

Connections

HPTB*l-baŋ ⪤ *m-baŋ ‘deaf’p. 267

Notes

A couple of languages (Jingpho, Phunoi) have acquired an l-prefix with this root, while several others have a nasal prefix which is perhaps a reduction of #811 PTB *r/g-na EAR / HEAR / LISTEN.

Reflexes & cognates136 reflexes · 26 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanl-baŋ ⪤ m-baŋ ‘deaf’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 584

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

1.1.2Deng1

Iduka³¹morphemepa⁵⁵ ‘deaf’Sun H 91 IduQ: 3.6.8

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lushai [Mizo]beng-ngongmorpheme~beng-chhîtmorpheme ‘deaf’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)12

Lotha Nagapəŋ³- be v.‘deaf’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.195
Lotha Naga³bɯŋ v.i.‘deaf’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1072

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Bodobeŋgasuffix v.i.‘deaf’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1072
Mechebeŋgasuffix v.i.‘deaf’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1072

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garobeŋ-asuffix v.i.‘deaf’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1072

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

1.7.3.1Jingpho12

Jingphoprefixpháŋ ‘deaf’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 301
Jingphopháŋ ‘plug up / deaf’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 301

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Bantawapheng-nabakmorpheme ‘deaf’Rai 84 BnDc: 53

3.1Tangut1

3.2Qiangic39

Muyambɑ³³phi⁵³morpheme n‘deaf person’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0204.15
Muya [Minyak]mbɑ³³phi³⁵morpheme ‘deaf person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 301.15
Muya [Minyak]mbɑ³³pʰi³⁵morpheme ‘deaf’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 3.6.8
Pumi (Jiulong)zɑ¹¹morphemebũ⁵⁵ n‘deaf person’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0204.10
Pumi (Lanping)zdə¹³morphemebõ¹³ n‘deaf person’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0204.09
Pumi (Qinghua)sdə¹³morpheme bõ¹³ ‘deaf person’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Qinghua)sdə¹³morphemebõ¹³ ‘deaf person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 301.11
Pumi (Taoba)zɐ³⁵morpheme bõ³⁵ ‘deaf person’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Taoba)zɐ³⁵morphemebõ³⁵ ‘deaf person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 301.10
Xumiza³³morphemebõ⁵³ n‘deaf person’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0204.17
Xumizɐ³³morpheme bɔ̃ ‘deaf’Sun H 91 ShiQ
Xumizɐ³³morphemebɔ̃³⁵ ‘deaf person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 301.20
Xumizɛ³³morphemebõ⁵⁵ v.‘deaf, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1504.17
Zhaba (Daofu County)mbᴜ³³ge⁵⁵morpheme n‘deaf person’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0204.14

3.3.1rGyalrong5

rGyalrong (Eastern)kawamorpheme mbo ‘deaf’Sun H 91 rEQ: 3.6.8
rGyalrong (Northern)kəwumorpheme mbo ‘deaf’Sun H 91 rNQ: 3.6.8
rGyalrong (NW)taprefixmba ‘deaf’Sun H 91 rNW: 3.6.8
rGyalrongtaprefix Nbo lomorpheme ‘deaf’Nagano 97 GyQ: 3.6.8
rGBenzhentaprefix-nbo n‘deaf’Sun J 97 rGB

5Tujia1

6.1.1Burmish7

6.1.2.2Central Loloish13

Jinuo (Baka)pɤ⁴⁴ ‘deaf’Dai 89 JinB: 2160
Lisubaw⁵ ‘deaf’Bradley 79 PLo: 573
Lisunɑ⁵⁵morphemebo³¹ n‘deaf person’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0204.40

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish15

Akhabɔ̀ ‘deaf’Hansson 89 AHKP: 267
Mpipoŋ¹ ‘deaf’Hansson 89 AHKP: 267
Mpipoŋ¹ ‘deaf’Srinuan 76
Côông [Phunoi]lə̌morphemepà̃ ‘deaf’Matisoff 87 BP
Côông [Phunoi]lə̆morphemepɑ̃¹¹ ‘deaf’Bradley xx Phu

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1409, *(b/p)aːŋ ‘DEAF’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1409
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1409,
  title  = {{*(b/p)aːŋ 'DEAF'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1409},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1409}
}