*ŋya

SEMEN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋyainitialŋyrhymeacoverM · V

Notes

This root has so far been found only in a few Himalayish languages.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 3 subgroups

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Pattani [Manchati]ñya◦ri#1013 PTB *rəy ‘WATER / LIQUID / BODILY FLUID’PLB *rəy¹ ‘WATER’PL *re¹ ‘WATER’ ‘semen’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 10.3.7

Pattani [Manchati]ñya◦ri#1013 PTB *rəy ‘WATER / LIQUID / BODILY FLUID’PLB *rəy¹ ‘WATER’PL *re¹ ‘WATER’ hutmorpheme◦simorpheme v‘ejaculate’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 10.3.8

2.1.4Tamangish2

Tamang (Risiangku)¹ŋja n‘semen’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 10.3.7

Tamang (Sahu)¹ŋja ‘semen’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Limbuyā◦rimbāmorpheme ‘semen’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1627, *ŋya ‘SEMEN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1627

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

References: ("Him")

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1627,
  title  = {{*ŋya 'SEMEN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1627},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1627}
}