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STEDT #1412

*tawŋ

DEAF
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handletoŋinitialtrhymecoverT · N

Notes

West Himalayish provides the only diphthongal reflexes of this root, yet *-waŋ seems to be a canonically better reconstruction.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]ingmorphemethông- ‘deaf’Grüssner 79 BP: 23
Mikir [Karbi]morpheme-thòng- ‘deaf’Grüssner 79 BP: 115

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

2.1.1Western Himalayish3

BunanTauNasuffix ‘deaf’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 3.6.8
Kanauriṭoṇōsuffix ‘deaf’Matisoff 87 BP
Pattani [Manchati]ʈauɳasuffix ‘deaf’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.4Tamangish1

Manang (Gyaru)nog³morpheme toŋ² ‘deaf’Nagano 84 Man: 009

4Nungic1

Anongbɯ³¹morpheme dɯ⁵⁵ ‘deaf’Sun J 88 Ano

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1412, *tawŋ ‘DEAF’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1412
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1412,
  title  = {{*tawŋ 'DEAF'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1412},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1412}
}