Reconstruction analysis
handlelw/yinitiall(w/y)rhymea(n/ŋ)coverL · N
Notes
The *l- prefix in this tentatively reconstructed root is attested in Jingpho. There is variation between final velar and dental nasals.
Chinese comparandum
聾 OC *lung, GSR #1193m ‘deaf’; Schuessler 2007:363 *rôŋ; B & S 2011: *C.rˁoŋ ; Mand. lóng.
Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 5 subgroups
1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang4
1.7.3.1Jingpho3
Jingpho(na)#811 PTB *r/g-na ‘EAR / HEAR / LISTEN’PKC *naa ⪤ *hnaa ‘EAR’PCN *hnaʔ ‘EAR’PCN *a-hŋaj ‘HEAR, LISTEN’PTk *na ‘EAR’PTk *na ‘HEAR’PNN *na ‘EAR’PL *(C)-na² ‘EAR’PKar *-hnaᴮ ‘LISTEN TO’PKar *naᴮ ‘EAR’ ləyawng ‘deaf’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphona#811 PTB *r/g-na ‘EAR / HEAR / LISTEN’PKC *naa ⪤ *hnaa ‘EAR’PCN *hnaʔ ‘EAR’PCN *a-hŋaj ‘HEAR, LISTEN’PTk *na ‘EAR’PTk *na ‘HEAR’PNN *na ‘EAR’PL *(C)-na² ‘EAR’PKar *-hnaᴮ ‘LISTEN TO’PKar *naᴮ ‘EAR’◦layawng, na#811 PTB *r/g-na ‘EAR / HEAR / LISTEN’PKC *naa ⪤ *hnaa ‘EAR’PCN *hnaʔ ‘EAR’PCN *a-hŋaj ‘HEAR, LISTEN’PTk *na ‘EAR’PTk *na ‘HEAR’PNN *na ‘EAR’PL *(C)-na² ‘EAR’PKar *-hnaᴮ ‘LISTEN TO’PKar *naᴮ ‘EAR’◦hpang#1409 PTB *(b/p)aːŋ ‘DEAF’PCN *p(j)aŋ ‘DEAF’PL *baŋ² ‘DEAF’ ‘deaf’Marrison 67 Naga
2.1.2.1Tibetan6
3.2Qiangic6
3.3.1rGyalrong4
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #1413,
*l-ywa(ŋ/n) ‘DEAF’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1413Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1413,
title = {{*l-ywa(ŋ/n) 'DEAF'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1413},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1413}
}