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STEDT #1471

*m-tsywaŋ

COCKSCOMB
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*tshuaŋ ‘CREST / COMB (n.)’PKC #585

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 11 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chintshuaŋ n‘CREST / COMB’VanBik 09 PKC: 585

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Paitesuang ‘crest’VanBik 09 PKC: 585
Sizangākmorpheme suang ‘cock's comb’VanBik 09 PKC: 585
Thadosúoŋ ‘crest’VanBik 09 PKC: 585
Tiddimsúaŋ ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397
Tiddimsuːng² ‘cock's comb’VanBik 09 PKC: 585
Tiddimsuːng² ‘cocks comb’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1656

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)tshûaŋ ‘crest (of fowl), clitoris (of female)’VanBik 09 PKC: 585
Lushai [Mizo]aːrmorpheme-chhuang ‘comb of a cock or hen’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1656
Lushai [Mizo]chhúang n‘comb (of a cock or hen)’VanBik 09 PKC: 585
Lushai [Mizo]tshúaŋ ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]³əprefix¹tsɒ ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Kom Remmə·tʰiŋ ‘comb (of rooster)’Toba 91 KRQ: 2.9

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

*Nagatšhuan ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group7

Angami Naga⁴tshe ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397
Chokri⁵tšhɤ ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397
Khezha²me²the ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397
Mao¹mo⁵tu ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397
Rengma (Southern)¹tʌmorpheme¹romorpheme-⁴nɤmorpheme⁴tšwe ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦miche ‘comb (of rooster)’Achumi 98: 2.9
Sema [Sumi]¹aprefix²mi²tše ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397

1.3.3Zeme Group3

Liangmeimamorpheme-ruimorpheme-tuan ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397
Rongmei / Nruanghmeinmorpheme-rûaimorpheme-dǔimorpheme-tûan ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397
Zeme¹nmorpheme⁵ruimorpheme-¹nmorpheme⁵tua ‘crest (cock)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 397

2.1.4Tamangish1

Tamang (Risiangku)³prokmorpheme◦tsoŋ n‘coxcomb’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 2.9

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Limbunɛːnmorpheme◦dzɔn ‘comb’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 36
Yakhanammorpheme◦dzoŋ ‘comb (of rooster)’Kohn 90: 2.9

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Khamorprefix◦jəm ‘comb (of chicken)’Watters 89 KhQ

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1471, *m-tsywaŋ ‘COCKSCOMB’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1471
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1471,
  title  = {{*m-tsywaŋ 'COCKSCOMB'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1471},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1471}
}