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*s-nəw

AWAKE / AWAKEN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB (PLB)*s-nəw² ‘awake(n) / conscious’p. 182

Notes

This is a simplex/causative pair in Lolo-Burmese, e.g. WB nûi, Lahu nɔ̂ ‘wake up’ < PLB *nəw² and WB hnûi, Lahu nɔ̄ ‘awaken someone’ < PLB *ʔnəw².

Reflexes & cognates48 reflexes · 10 subgroups

2.1.2Bodic1

Tshona (Wenlang)sɑŋ⁵⁵#144 PTB *b/s-raŋ ‘MORNING / AWAKE / ALERT’PTani *ro ‘MORNING’ ȵi⁵⁵ ‘wake’Lu 86 CuoM

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Dumisaːŋ#144 PTB *b/s-raŋ ‘MORNING / AWAKE / ALERT’PTani *ro ‘MORNING’◦nɨ ‘<wake> suffer from insomnia; sleep poorly; have a poor night's’Driem 93 Dumi

5Tujia2

Tujiane²¹ ɕi³⁵#1837 PTB *s(y)u-ŋ/k ‘WAKE UP / MORNING / CLEAR-HEADED / SOBER UP’ ‘awake / be awake’Chen 86 TuMQ: 1.17

Tujiane³⁵ si³⁵#1837 PTB *s(y)u-ŋ/k ‘WAKE UP / MORNING / CLEAR-HEADED / SOBER UP’ ‘awake / be awake’Chen 86 TuBQ: 1.17

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmeses-nəw² ‘awake(n) / conscious’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 604

6.1.1Burmish6

Achang (Lianghe)nɑu³¹ ‘wake’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Luxi)nau⁵¹ ‘wake’Dai 85 AcJZ

Burmese (Written)hnûi v.‘awake, rouse ( tr. )’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)nhui: v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)nûi v.‘awake ( intr. )’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)nui: v‘awake / awaken’Marrison 67 Naga

6.1.2Loloish2

*Loloish(C)-no² ‘awake’Bradley 79 PLo: 767S

*Loloishsəno² ‘awaken’Bradley 79 PLo: 767C

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish8

Gazhuozɿ⁵³#127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p ‘SLEEP’PTani *jup ‘SLEEP’PKC *ʔip-I, ʔiʔ-II ‘SLEEP’PCN *jap ‘SLEEP’PTk *jip ‘SLEEP / LIE DOWN’PLB *s/ʔ-yipᴸ ‘PUT TO SLEEP’PLB *yipᴸ ⪤ *yupᴸ ‘SLEEP’ nv̩³¹ ‘awake / be awake’Dai 89 Gazh: 1.17

Nesunu³³ ‘awake / be awake’Chen 86 Yi: 1.17

Yi (Dafang)ȵi⁵⁵ ‘wake (from sleep)’Chen 85 YiJZ

Yi (Mile)nɯ²¹ ‘wake up’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 583.25

Yi (Mojiang)nɯ³³ ‘wake up’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 583.26

Yi (Xide)i⁵⁵#127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p ‘SLEEP’PTani *jup ‘SLEEP’PKC *ʔip-I, ʔiʔ-II ‘SLEEP’PCN *jap ‘SLEEP’PTk *jip ‘SLEEP / LIE DOWN’PLB *s/ʔ-yipᴸ ‘PUT TO SLEEP’PLB *yipᴸ ⪤ *yupᴸ ‘SLEEP’-ȵi³³ ‘wake up’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)i⁵⁵#127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p ‘SLEEP’PTani *jup ‘SLEEP’PKC *ʔip-I, ʔiʔ-II ‘SLEEP’PCN *jap ‘SLEEP’PTk *jip ‘SLEEP / LIE DOWN’PLB *s/ʔ-yipᴸ ‘PUT TO SLEEP’PLB *yipᴸ ⪤ *yupᴸ ‘SLEEP’ȵi³³ ‘wake up’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 583.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish19

Ahinɯ²¹ ‘awake’Chen 86 Yi: 1.17

Ahinɯ²¹ ‘awake / be awake’Luo 90: 1.17

Jinuo (Youle)e⁵⁵#127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p ‘SLEEP’PTani *jup ‘SLEEP’PKC *ʔip-I, ʔiʔ-II ‘SLEEP’PCN *jap ‘SLEEP’PTk *jip ‘SLEEP / LIE DOWN’PLB *s/ʔ-yipᴸ ‘PUT TO SLEEP’PLB *yipᴸ ⪤ *yupᴸ ‘SLEEP’ nu⁴⁴ ‘wake (from sleep)’Gai 86

Jinuo (Baka)nv̩⁴⁴ ‘wake’Dai 89 JinB: 2498

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)ny⁴⁴ ‘wake’Dai 89 JinA: 2498

Jinuonø³³ ‘wake up’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 583.34

Kucongdv31morpheme nv35 ‘awaken, be awake’Dai 09 Kucong

*Common Lahunuhˇ ‘awake’Bradley 79 PLo: 767S

*Common Lahunuh˯ ‘awaken’Bradley 79 PLo: 767C

Lahu (Black)nɔ̂ v.i.‘awaken from sleep’Matisoff 88 DL: 791

Lahu (Black)nɔ̄ v.t.‘wake someone up’Matisoff 88 DL: 794

Lahu (Black)nɔ⁵³ ‘wake’Chang 86

Lahu (Black)nɔ⁵³ ‘wake up’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 583.33

Lahu (Yellow)niʔ²¹#127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p ‘SLEEP’PTani *jup ‘SLEEP’PKC *ʔip-I, ʔiʔ-II ‘SLEEP’PCN *jap ‘SLEEP’PTk *jip ‘SLEEP / LIE DOWN’PLB *s/ʔ-yipᴸ ‘PUT TO SLEEP’PLB *yipᴸ ⪤ *yupᴸ ‘SLEEP’ nɔ⁵⁵ ‘wake’Chang 86

Lahu (Yellow)nɔ⁵⁵ ‘wake’Chang 86

Lisu (Central)yi⁶#127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p ‘SLEEP’PTani *jup ‘SLEEP’PKC *ʔip-I, ʔiʔ-II ‘SLEEP’PCN *jap ‘SLEEP’PTk *jip ‘SLEEP / LIE DOWN’PLB *s/ʔ-yipᴸ ‘PUT TO SLEEP’PLB *yipᴸ ⪤ *yupᴸ ‘SLEEP’ nyi¹ grgh⁵suffix v.‘admonish (=awaken)’Fraser 22

Lisu (Central)yi⁶#127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p ‘SLEEP’PTani *jup ‘SLEEP’PKC *ʔip-I, ʔiʔ-II ‘SLEEP’PCN *jap ‘SLEEP’PTk *jip ‘SLEEP / LIE DOWN’PLB *s/ʔ-yipᴸ ‘PUT TO SLEEP’PLB *yipᴸ ⪤ *yupᴸ ‘SLEEP’-nyi¹-grgh⁵suffix v.t.‘awake’Fraser 22

Lisuyi⁶#127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p ‘SLEEP’PTani *jup ‘SLEEP’PKC *ʔip-I, ʔiʔ-II ‘SLEEP’PCN *jap ‘SLEEP’PTk *jip ‘SLEEP / LIE DOWN’PLB *s/ʔ-yipᴸ ‘PUT TO SLEEP’PLB *yipᴸ ⪤ *yupᴸ ‘SLEEP’nyi¹grgh⁵suffix ‘awaken’Bradley 79 PLo: 767C

Lisuyi⁶#127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p ‘SLEEP’PTani *jup ‘SLEEP’PKC *ʔip-I, ʔiʔ-II ‘SLEEP’PCN *jap ‘SLEEP’PTk *jip ‘SLEEP / LIE DOWN’PLB *s/ʔ-yipᴸ ‘PUT TO SLEEP’PLB *yipᴸ ⪤ *yupᴸ ‘SLEEP’nyi¹grgh⁵suffix ‘awake’Bradley 79 PLo: 767C

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish10

Akhalaˆmorpheme◦noe˯-eumorpheme ‘awaken’Bradley 79 PLo: 767C

Akhanoe˯-eumorpheme ‘awake’Bradley 79 PLo: 767S

Hani (Lüchun)nò lámorpheme ‘wake up’Hansson 89 AHKP: 328

Hani (Dazhai)nø³¹ ‘wake up’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Caiyuan)ne³¹ ‘wake up’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Pijo)nì lámorpheme ‘wake up’Hansson 89 AHKP: 328

Hani (Gelanghe)nø³¹ ‘wake up’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Shuikui)ȵi³¹ ‘wake up’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Khatu)nì pómorpheme lɔ́morpheme ‘wake up’Hansson 89 AHKP: 328

Mpini¹ ‘awake’Bradley 79 PLo: 767S

6.2Naxi3

Naxi (Western)no³³ ‘wake up’He 85

Naxino³³ v.‘wake up’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1739.45

Naxi (Lijiang)no³³ ‘wake up’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 583.28

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #143, *s-nəw ‘AWAKE / AWAKEN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/143

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-143,
  title  = {{*s-nəw 'AWAKE / AWAKEN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #143},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/143}
}