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STEDT #1761

*ŋyat

CHEW / GNAW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋr/yatinitialŋr/yrhymeatcoverM · T

Connections

HPTB (PLB)*m-gʷya² ‘chew’pp. 26, 85

Reflexes & cognates34 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Milangŋot-masuffix ‘bite’Tayeng 76 Mil

2.1.4Tamangish13

Gurung (Ghachok)ŋe◦baqsuffix ‘gnaw / chew’Glover 72 GuVo
Tamang (Sahu)'nyep-pasuffix v.‘chew’Taylor 72 TmVo: 18.B.37
Thakali (Marpha)³³'⁴⁴ɲeː-dzimorpheme ‘chew’Mazaudon 94 These: 596

2.2Newar7

Newarnh-yesuffix v.‘chew’Shakya 89: 3.10.8
Newarnyāt- v.‘bite, to cut with the teeth’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 10
Newarnyāt◦amorpheme v‘bite (past)’Hale 73 CSD: 03b.04
Newarnyāt◦amorpheme v‘bite (snake)’Hale 73 CSD: 03b.18
Newarnya◦yesuffix v.‘bite’Shakya 89: 3.10.7

3.2Qiangic1

Namuyiŋə³³ŋə⁵⁵ v.‘chew’Sun H 91 NamQ: 3.10.8

6.1.1Burmish8

Achang (Luxi)ŋat³¹ ‘bite’Dai 85 AcJZ
Lashiŋa:t³¹ v.‘bite’Dai 89 Lash: 3.10.7
Leqi (Luxi)ŋaːt³¹ v.‘bite (mosquito)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1279.33
Atsi [Zaiwa]ŋat²¹ ‘bite’Xu 84 Zaiwa
Atsi [Zaiwa]ŋat²¹ v.‘bite (mosquito)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1279.30

8Bai3

Bai (Bijiang)ŋɑ̱⁴⁴ ‘bite’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Dali)nga² ‘bite, gnaw’Dell 81: pp.150-169
Bai (Dali)ŋɑ̱⁴⁴ ‘bite’Xu 84 Bai

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1761, *ŋyat ‘CHEW / GNAW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1761
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1761,
  title  = {{*ŋyat 'CHEW / GNAW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1761},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1761}
}