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*ts(y)uːŋ

NAVEL / CENTER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletsyinitial(t)s(yrhymeuːŋcoverTS · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*tshuŋ ‘INSIDE / WITHIN / HOUSEHOLD’

Connections

Allofams

Reflexes & cognates50 reflexes · 14 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chintshuŋ ‘INSIDE / WITHIN / HOUSEHOLD’VanBik 09 PKC: 590

1.2.1.1Northern Chin8

Sizangsung ‘inside’VanBik 09 PKC: 590
Thadosùŋ ‘inside’VanBik 09 PKC: 590
Tiddim-suŋ na‘inside / in’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddimsung² ‘inside’VanBik 09 PKC: 590
Tiddimsuŋ ‘inside’Chou 72: 1007a-e
Tiddimsuŋ ‘middle’LaPolla 87: 208

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumithiíwng ‘inside, among’VanBik 09 PKC: 590

1.2.2Central Chin9

Lai (Hakha)tshûŋ ‘inside, during ("within a time span"), within, household ("insiders")’VanBik 09 PKC: 590
Lushai [Mizo]chhúng n‘inside (of anything), the interior, the area within the bounds, space, duration perion, or term (of time)’VanBik 09 PKC: 590
Lushai [Mizo]chhûng◦ahmorpheme ‘in’Marrison 67 Naga
Lushai [Mizo]tśhu:ŋ ‘inside (of anything)’Benedict 72 STC: 17n63
Lushai [Mizo]tśhuːŋ ‘inside (of anything)’Chou 72: 1007a-e
Lushai [Mizo]tśhuːŋ ‘inside’Benedict 72 STC: 390
Lushai [Mizo]tsyhuŋ ‘inside (of anything)’LaPolla 87: 208

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]chhô¹ ‘inside, household’VanBik 09 PKC: 590

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)10

Ao (Chungli)kimorpheme◦tsung◦sü#572 PTB *kləy ‘BODY DIRT / EXCREMENT’PKC *mik-khlii ‘TEARS’PCN *a-khləjʔ ‘FECES, EXCREMENT’TGTM *ᴬkli ‘FECES,SHIT’PKar *khrejᴮ ‘BODY DIRT’ ‘lizard’Clark 1911:304 says “KITSUNGSV̥, (house deity dung), the gecko or small house lizard or wall lizard.” Coupe (2007: 489), on the other hand, segments the Mongsen cognate kì-tsəŋ-ti ‘house gecko’ as ‘house’ + INSIDE + ‘older sibling’.Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)temorpheme◦tsung◦damorpheme ‘middle’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)teprefix◦tsung◦kosuffix ‘within’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)kı̀morpheme-tsəŋ n.‘family ('house' + INSIDE)’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)kı̀morpheme-tsəŋ-timorpheme n.‘house gecko ('house' + INSIDE + 'older sibling')’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)kı̀morpheme-tsəŋ-əɹsuffix n.‘relative ('house' + INSIDE +ANOM)’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)phaŋmorpheme-tsəŋ n.‘pit ('cover' + INSIDE)’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Naga(oprefix-)tʃhoŋ◦isuffix post.‘inside’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Maotomorpheme◦tsü ‘middle’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo12

Bodosiŋ ‘middle’Chou 72: 1007a-e
Bodosiŋ ‘middle’LaPolla 87: 208
Bodosiŋ ‘inside, within’Benedict 72 STC: 390
Dimasa-bising ‘in’Marrison 67 Naga
Dimasabising ‘among’Marrison 67 Naga
Dimasabising◦hamorpheme ‘within’Marrison 67 Naga
Dimasabisiŋ ‘inside / within’Chou 72: 1007a-e
Dimasabisiŋ ‘middle’LaPolla 87: 208
Dimasabisiŋ ‘inside / within’Benedict 72 STC: 17n63
Dimasabisiŋ ‘inside / within’Benedict 72 STC: 390
Kokborokbə=šəin ‘inside’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.4Deori2

Deori/Deuriuprefix-jũ² ‘navel’unknown
Deori/Deuriuprefix◦jũ ‘navel, umbilical chord [ujũ, ujuŋ]’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagadzuːŋ ‘navel’French 83: 525

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang4

Changshung ‘navel’Marrison 67 Naga
Changšuŋ ‘navel’French 83: 525
Wanchosung ‘navel’Marrison 67 Naga
Wanchosuŋ ‘navel’French 83: 525

2.1.2Bodic1

Tsangla (Motuo)barmorpheme◦ʑuŋ ‘center’Sun H 80 MLD

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1628, *ts(y)uːŋ ‘NAVEL / CENTER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1628
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1628,
  title  = {{*ts(y)uːŋ 'NAVEL / CENTER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1628},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1628}
}