*k/l/ʔ-wan

SWIFT / STRONG / VIOLENT

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This etymon bears a strong resemblance to #1840 PTB *ʔan STRENGTH, and should probably be recognized as an allofamic version of it.

Chinese comparandum

拳 OC *gʼi̯wɑn, GSR #226g ‘force, forceful; fist; strength’; B & S 2011: *N-kron {N-kro[n]}; Mand. quán.

Reflexes & cognates18 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang3

Konyakwong◦nangmorpheme◦pasuffix ‘strong’Marrison 67 Naga

Phomvong◦gomorpheme◦pümorpheme ‘strong’Marrison 67 Naga

Phomwɔŋ³¹nɛ³³morphemegɔʔ³³morpheme ‘weak (wɔŋ³¹gɔʔ³³ 'strong'; nɛ³³ 'negative')’Burling 98 Phom

1.7.3.1Jingpho7

Jingphoámorpheme◦ləwān ‘in haste’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 257

Jingpholə̀wān ‘hurry, be swift’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 257

Jingphoǹprefix-gùn ‘strength’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 69

Jingphongprefix◦gun◦jamorpheme ‘strong’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphonìŋprefix-gòn⪤ǹprefix-gòn ‘all, whole, great, strong’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 69

Jingphon³¹prefixkun³¹ n‘strength (physical)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0675.19

Jingphon³¹prefixkun³¹ ‘strength’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 513.47

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Chepangkwanh kwanh onom.‘well and strong person’Caughley 00 Chepang

4Nungic1

Rawangnɔŋ³¹morpheme gun³¹ ‘physical strength’Rawang nɔŋ³¹ gun³¹ may be a borrowing from Jingpho.LaPolla 03: 738

6.1.1Burmish6

Burmese (Written)âprefix-khwan ‘strong’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 69

Burmese (Written)hwân ‘strong, violent; burst up’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 257

Burmese (Written)hwân ‘rise, burst up, be violent’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)khwan- ‘strength’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)khwan-â#5677 PTB *k-ra ‘STRENGTH / WIN / CLASSIFIER FOR PEOPLE’PLB *k-ra² ‘STRENGTH / WIN / OVERCOME’PLB *ra³ ‘GET / OBTAIN’PLB *ra² ‘CLF FOR PEOPLE’ ‘strength’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 69

Burmese (Written)əprefix-hwân- ‘rise, burst up, be violent’Benedict 76 WBur

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #162, *k/l/ʔ-wan ‘SWIFT / STRONG / VIOLENT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/162

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-162,
  title  = {{*k/l/ʔ-wan 'SWIFT / STRONG / VIOLENT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #162},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/162}
}