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STEDT #1745

*swar

BLOW / BLOW NOSE / BREATHE / LUNG

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This root seems fairly widespread in the specialized meaning of BLOW NOSE, but also occurs in relation to the wind, etc.

This root has also developed semantically in the direction of BREATHE / BREATH OF LIFE / LUNG.

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 12 subgroups

Bodosur v‘blow in through the nose’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodosur◦úbmorpheme v‘blow in through the nose’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodosər◦ə́bmorpheme v‘blow in (nose); consume liquid through the nose’Bhat 68 Boro

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garo (Bangladesh)sal-sripmorpheme-amorpheme vt‘slurp; smell; sniff; sniffle; suck’Burling 03 Garo: 5.472-II:idx

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphoning³¹#251 PTB *s/k-niŋ ‘BRAIN / HEART / MIND’MesorootsPTk *niŋ ‘MIND / THINK / SOUL’PLB *s-niŋ³ ‘HEART’Allofams1 #689 PTB *s/k-n(y)i-k/ŋ ‘HEART / MIND / BRAIN’1a #251 PTB *s/k-niŋ ‘BRAIN / HEART / MIND’1b #1385 PTB *s/k-nik ‘HEART / MIND’1c #297 PTB *s-ni ‘HEART / BREAST / CHEST / RIB’◦soi³³ ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphonprefix◦soi nprefix◦sàʔ#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’ ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

BantawasaN ‘blow / play (musical instrument)’Rai 85 BnDs

2.3.3Central Kiranti3

Khaling'swah-prap#5481 PTB *p-wap ‘LUNG’Allofams1a #457 PTB *tsywap ‘LUNG’1b #5481 PTB *p-wap ‘LUNG’1c #5482 PTB *s-wap ‘LUNG’1d #5738 PTB *s-map ‘LUNG’1e #2121 PTB *g-lwa-p ‘LUNG’ ‘lung’Matisoff 78 VSTB: ld

Khaling'swāh◦prāp#5481 PTB *p-wap ‘LUNG’Allofams1a #457 PTB *tsywap ‘LUNG’1b #5481 PTB *p-wap ‘LUNG’1c #5482 PTB *s-wap ‘LUNG’1d #5738 PTB *s-map ‘LUNG’1e #2121 PTB *g-lwa-p ‘LUNG’ ‘lung’Matisoff 87 BP

Khalingswaa◦praap#5481 PTB *p-wap ‘LUNG’Allofams1a #457 PTB *tsywap ‘LUNG’1b #5481 PTB *p-wap ‘LUNG’1c #5482 PTB *s-wap ‘LUNG’1d #5738 PTB *s-map ‘LUNG’1e #2121 PTB *g-lwa-p ‘LUNG’ ‘lung’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 114

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Chepangsel◦ʔmumorpheme-samorpheme ‘live’Caughley 72 CVoc: 2.B.2.32

3.2Qiangic2

Qiang (Mawo)suɛ v.‘blow (one's nose)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1738.08

Qiang (Yadu)sue ‘blow nose’Dai 89 Qian: 2385

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4

Nasusɯ²¹ v.‘blow nose’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5.8

Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)suɚ̱³¹ ‘blow nose’Dai 89 NusA: 2385.

Nusu (Central)suɚ̱⁵³ ‘blow nose’Dai 89 NusB: 2385.

Nusu (Central)suɚ̱̃⁵³ v.‘blow (one's nose)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1738.34

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Ahisɿ̄³³;xɤ̱³³morpheme ‘blow nose’Chen 86 Yi: 3.5.8

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Mpisiŋʔ¹ ‘blow (the nose)’Srinuan 76

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1745, *swar ‘BLOW / BLOW NOSE / BREATHE / LUNG’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1745

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1745,
  title  = {{*swar 'BLOW / BLOW NOSE / BREATHE / LUNG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1745},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1745}
}