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STEDT #1417

*b-s(u/a)ŋ

SMELL / SCENT / FRAGRANT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlesuŋprefixbinitialsrhymeuŋ⪤b-saŋcoverS · VNS

Connections

HPTB*b-suŋ ⪤ *b-saŋ ‘smell / scent / fragrant’pp. 288, 482, 513

Notes

At least two other roots have so far been found with the same pattern of vowel gradation, cf. #1443 PTB *s-n(u/a)m FAT and #1447 PTB *s-l(a/u)p FAT.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanb-suŋ ⪤ b-saŋ ‘smell / scent / fragrant’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 613
*Tibeto-Burmansuŋ ‘smell, scent’Benedict 72 STC: 405

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphosuŋ ‘scent, odor, smell’Benedict 72 STC: 405
Jingphosūŋ ⪤ sīŋ n.‘smell / scent / odor’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 208

2.1.2.1Tibetan3

Tibetan (Balti)šʌŋ◦spa· ‘state of loosing fragrance’Rangan 75: 74
Tibetan (Written)bsuŋ ‘smell, esp. sweet scent’Matisoff 83 TIL: 46
Tibetan (Written)bsuŋ ‘smell (sweet) / scent’Benedict 72 STC: 405

6.1.1Burmish5

Burmese (Written)saŋ ‘emit pleasant odour’Matisoff 83 TIL: 46
Burmese (Written)sâŋ ‘emit pleasant odor’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 208
Burmese (Written)sâŋ ‘unite, associate’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)sâŋ ‘emit pleasant odor’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)sàŋ ‘emit a pleasant odor’Benedict 72 STC: 405

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1417, *b-s(u/a)ŋ ‘SMELL / SCENT / FRAGRANT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1417
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#405, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1417,
  title  = {{*b-s(u/a)ŋ 'SMELL / SCENT / FRAGRANT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1417},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1417}
}