STEDT
STEDT #146

*draŋ

SLEEP / DREAM

Reconstruction analysis

handledrəŋinitialdrrhymeə(ŋ/y)coverT · NW

Notes

This poorly attested root requires further confirmation. Cf. also Kokborok məʔ-trəy ‘sleep’.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.4Meithei1

Meitheimonmorphemedrəŋ ‘day dream’↮*maŋ. Meithei reflex of *maŋ is məŋ. Perhaps drəŋ is from r-maŋ with preemption? what about the d-?Meithei drəŋ perhaps < *r-maŋ with preemption.Abbi 85

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Kanaurimimorphemedrəṅ ‘sleep’Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn: 38
Kanaurinimorphemedrəṅ ‘sleep, a’Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn: 29

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #146, *draŋ ‘SLEEP / DREAM’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/146
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-146,
  title  = {{*draŋ 'SLEEP / DREAM'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #146},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/146}
}