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STEDT #1418

*s-ŋu

SMELL

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlesŋuinitialsŋrhymeucoverS · V

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

*Nagasŋu v.t.‘smell’Weidert 87 TBTo: 466

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Lotha Nagaehmorpheme◦ngwu ‘smell’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group9

Angami Naga²themorpheme⁴ŋu v.t.‘smell’Weidert 87 TBTo: 252

Angami (Khonoma)teprefix◦ngu, mena#1415 PTB *m/s-nam ‘SMELL’PTani *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PKC *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PCC *hniim ‘SNIFF / SMELL (v.)’PCN *m-hnaːm ‘SMELL / STINK’PTk *nam ‘SMELL’PKar *(h)nɨmᴬ ‘SMELL (v.)’ ‘smell’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)the³¹prefix ngu³³ v‘smell / sniff’Nienu 90 AngQ: 3.5.9

Angami (Kohima)theprefix◦ngu ‘smell’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokri²thɤmorpheme³nɤ n.‘good smell’Weidert 87 TBTo: 466

Chokri²thɤmorpheme⁵nɤ v.t.‘smell’Weidert 87 TBTo: 252

Mao¹tomorpheme⁵nhü v.t.‘smell’Weidert 87 TBTo: 466

Sema [Sumi]tsümorpheme◦ngu v‘smell / sniff’Achumi 98: 3.5.9

Sema [Sumi]¹tsɯmorpheme²ŋu v.t.‘smell’Weidert 87 TBTo: 466

1.3.4Tangkhulic9

Tangkhulnga◦nam#1415 PTB *m/s-nam ‘SMELL’PTani *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PKC *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PCC *hniim ‘SNIFF / SMELL (v.)’PCN *m-hnaːm ‘SMELL / STINK’PTk *nam ‘SMELL’PKar *(h)nɨmᴬ ‘SMELL (v.)’ ‘smell’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulnga◦nam#1415 PTB *m/s-nam ‘SMELL’PTani *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PKC *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PCC *hniim ‘SNIFF / SMELL (v.)’PCN *m-hnaːm ‘SMELL / STINK’PTk *nam ‘SMELL’PKar *(h)nɨmᴬ ‘SMELL (v.)’◦shimorpheme v‘stink’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhul¹khəmorpheme¹ŋə¹nəm#1415 PTB *m/s-nam ‘SMELL’PTani *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PKC *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PCC *hniim ‘SNIFF / SMELL (v.)’PCN *m-hnaːm ‘SMELL / STINK’PTk *nam ‘SMELL’PKar *(h)nɨmᴬ ‘SMELL (v.)’ v.i.‘stink’Weidert 87 TBTo: 205

Tangkhul¹khəmorpheme¹ŋə¹nəm#1415 PTB *m/s-nam ‘SMELL’PTani *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PKC *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PCC *hniim ‘SNIFF / SMELL (v.)’PCN *m-hnaːm ‘SMELL / STINK’PTk *nam ‘SMELL’PKar *(h)nɨmᴬ ‘SMELL (v.)’ v.t.‘smell’Weidert 87 TBTo: 333

Tangkhul¹ŋə¹nəm#1415 PTB *m/s-nam ‘SMELL’PTani *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PKC *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PCC *hniim ‘SNIFF / SMELL (v.)’PCN *m-hnaːm ‘SMELL / STINK’PTk *nam ‘SMELL’PKar *(h)nɨmᴬ ‘SMELL (v.)’ n.‘smell’Weidert 87 TBTo: 333

Tangkhul¹əmorpheme¹ŋə³nəm#1415 PTB *m/s-nam ‘SMELL’PTani *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PKC *nam ‘SMELL (v.)’PCC *hniim ‘SNIFF / SMELL (v.)’PCN *m-hnaːm ‘SMELL / STINK’PTk *nam ‘SMELL’PKar *(h)nɨmᴬ ‘SMELL (v.)’ n.‘smell’Weidert 87 TBTo: 205

Tangkhulŋay ‘smell’Bhat 69 TNV: 97

Tangkhulŋaŋ ‘smell’Bhat 69 TNV: 97

Tangkhulŋəŋ ‘smell’Bhat 69 TNV: 97

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Khamsəŋər-nyamorpheme v.‘smell’Watters 89 KhQ

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Nusu (Bijiang)n̥iɑʴ³¹#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’thɑ⁵⁵morpheme;ŋ̊ẽʴ³¹tʰɑ⁵⁵morpheme v‘smell’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 548.45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1418, *s-ŋu ‘SMELL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1418

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: ("NAG") cf. AW-TBT 466

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1418,
  title  = {{*s-ŋu 'SMELL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1418},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1418}
}