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*m-sow

ARISE / AWAKE / AWAKEN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*thaw-I, thoʔ-II ‘RISE / GET UP / STAND UP’PKC #404

Central Naga (Ao Group)*m-su ‘LIFT / AWAKEN’PCN #085

Tangkhulic*tʰow ‘AWAKEN’DRM#413

Connections

HPTB*m-sow ‘arise / awake(n)’pp. 56, 117, 223

See alsoARISE

Notes

A Proto-Karenic form has yet to be reconstructed.

Reflexes & cognates57 reflexes · 16 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmanm-sow ‘arise / awake(n)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 613

*Tibeto-Burmanm-sow ‘arise, awaken’LaPolla 87: 105

*Tibeto-Burmanm-sow ‘arise / awake’Benedict 72 STC: 295

*Tibeto-Burmanm-sow ‘awake’French 83: 453

1.1.2Deng2

Iduaprefix◦ɟo◦gasuffix ‘awake’Pulu 78

Iduaprefix◦ɟo◦jimorpheme◦gasuffix ‘awaken’Idu -ji- probably a causative morpheme.Pulu 78

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinthaw-I, thoʔ-II ‘RISE / GET UP / STAND UP’VanBik 09 PKC: 404

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Paitehihmorpheme thou ‘arise’VanBik 09 PKC: 404

Sizanghtō hī ‘get up from lying position, arise’VanBik 09 PKC: 404

Thadothôw-I, thòo-II ‘get up’VanBik 09 PKC: 404

Tiddimthou¹ > thoʔ³ ‘get up from lying position, arise’VanBik 09 PKC: 404

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3

Ashotʻö ⪤ tʻü ‘rise, get up’VanBik 09 PKC: 404

Cho (Mindat)m-thaw v‘make s.o. get up’VanBik 09 PKC: 404

Khumia(ng)morpheme◦thaw ‘get up, wake up, stand up’VanBik 09 PKC: 404

1.2.2Central Chin8

Lai (Hakha)thâw-I, thoʔ-II ‘rise, stand up’VanBik 09 PKC: 404

Lai (Falam)tháw-INV ‘rise, stand up’VanBik 09 PKC: 404

Lushai [Mizo]tho v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]tho ‘rise’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]thǒ-I, thàwh-II v‘rise or to be leavened (as bread, etc)’VanBik 09 PKC: 404

Lushai [Mizo]tho; thawh v‘rise; get up’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 3000

Lushai [Mizo]thou ‘arise, awaken’LaPolla 87: 105

Lushai [Mizo]thou ‘arise, awake’Benedict 72 STC: 295

1.2.3Maraic3

Lakher [Mara]pəmorpheme◦theu ‘arise, awaken’LaPolla 87: 105

Lakher [Mara]pəmorpheme◦theu ‘arise, awake’Benedict 72 STC: 295

Lakher [Mara]thyú v‘rise up, to stand up, to get up from bed’VanBik 09 PKC: 404

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)16

*Central Nagam-su ‘LIFT / AWAKEN’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.085

*Aom-su ‘LIFT / AWAKEN’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.098

Ao (Chungli)meso v‘lift’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)meso v‘raise’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)meso ‘arise, awaken’LaPolla 87: 105

Ao (Chungli)meso ‘arise, awake’Benedict 72 STC: 295

Ao (Chungli)mə³su¹ vt.‘lift up / wake up’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.098

Ao (Mongsen: Khensa)sə́morpheme-mə́sù v.‘wake (someone) up’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.098

Ao (Mongsen: Khensa)tsóŋmorpheme-mə́sù v.‘raise, lift up’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.098

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)samorpheme◦mesu v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tsungmorpheme◦müsü v‘raise’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamjemorpheme◦su v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamsu◦romorpheme v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamthiprefix◦müsu v‘lift’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamthiprefix◦müsü v‘raise’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüyimorpheme◦musu v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group4

Liangmeishu v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

Maramto v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

Puironthau v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeitau v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic5

*Tangkhulictʰow ‘awaken’Mortensen 12 Tk: 413

Huishukəmorpheme-tʰow ‘awaken’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.024

Kachaikəmorpheme-tʰe ‘awaken’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.021

Tusomkəmorpheme-tuə be v.‘awake’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.023

Ukhrulkəmorpheme-tʰuj ‘awaken, wake up; leave, depart; sprout (plant), grow’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei2

Meitheihou◦gatmorpheme v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheihəw◦gətmorpheme◦pəsuffix ‘awake / be awake’Singh 91 MeiQ: 1.17

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Dimasamasau ‘arise, awaken’LaPolla 87: 105

Dimasamasau ‘arise, awake’Benedict 72 STC: 295

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern NagaC̬-soːw ‘awake’French 83: 453

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang3

Konyakši#140 PTB *(k/g)li-n ‘SLEEP’ umorpheme lou ‘awake’French 83: 453

Wanchojo v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

Wanchojo ‘awake’French 83: 453

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Kulungho◦du#148 PTB *tu ‘GET UP / RISE / AWAKEN’ ‘awake’Rai 75 Kul

7Karenic7

Bwethó wɛ̀morpheme◦tho v.‘wake (trans.)’Henderson 97 Kar

Bwethó-wɛ̀morpheme◦tho v.‘wake up (trans)’Henderson 97 Kar

Bwewɛ̀morpheme◦tho v.‘get up, to rise, to wake up’Henderson 97 Kar

Karenmi̱⁵⁵morphemebø³¹morphemethɔ³¹ v.‘wake up’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1739.50

Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)mi̱⁵⁵#130 PTB *r/s-mwəy ‘SLEEP / DREAM’PTani *mi ‘SLEEPY’PKar *hmejᴬ ‘LIE DOWN, SLEEP’PKar *hmajᴬnajᴮ ‘SLEEPING’ bø³¹prefix tʰɔ³¹ ‘wake’Karen bø³¹ probably < *m- prefix.Dai 89 KarB: 2498

Sgaw (Moulmein)plɔ̀#144 PTB *b/s-raŋ ‘MORNING / AWAKE / ALERT’PTani *ro ‘MORNING’◦θɔ́ ‘wake up suddenly; get a sudden idea’Jones 61: 497

Karen (Sgaw/Yue)pə³³prefix tʰɔ³¹ ‘wake’Karen pə³³ probably < *m- prefix.Dai 89 KarA: 2498

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #142, *m-sow ‘ARISE / AWAKE / AWAKEN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/142

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

References: cf. STC#295, HPTB

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-142,
  title  = {{*m-sow 'ARISE / AWAKE / AWAKEN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #142},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/142}
}