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STEDT #1784

*s-ŋwar

SNORE / BREATHE HEAVILY

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Central Chin*hnaar ‘SNORE’PKC #905 ("PCC")

Tangkhulic*ŋar ‘SNORE’DRM#774

Connections

HPTB*s-ŋor ‘snore’p. 400

Notes

This root was set up as *s-ŋor in HPTB:400.

As noted in HPTB loc. cit., there is a similar Indo-Aryan etymon (cf. Nepali ghur-nu), but this resemblance appears accidental, probably due to the imitative nature of words for snoring.

Chepang hŋrok naʔ might be related, but presents problems. Thulung and Khaling khor- are perhaps borrowings from Nepali.

There is a possible allofamic relationship between this root and #803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr NOSE, reminding one of the English “cryptotype” sm- ⪤ sn- ‘action related to the nose or lips’.

Chinese comparandum

齁 OC (*g’u), GSR (not in #108) ‘snore’; Schuessler 2007:279; B & S 2011: *(qˁo); Mand. hōu.

Comment: Cf. forms relating to ‘neck, throat’ in #5651 PTB *ku NECK / THROAT.

Reflexes & cognates55 reflexes · 15 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-ŋor ‘snore’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 606

1.1.1.1Western Tani2

Apataniimorpheme-mi#130 PTB *r/s-mwəy ‘SLEEP / DREAM’PTani *mi ‘SLEEPY’PKar *hmejᴬ ‘LIE DOWN, SLEEP’PKar *hmajᴬnajᴮ ‘SLEEPING’ iʔmorpheme-ŋɯr ‘snore’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniimorpheme-ŋɯ-rɯmorpheme ‘snore’Sun J 93 Tani

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Tiddim-naːk/ˋnaːk v‘breathe’Henderson 65 TidC

Tiddimnaːk² ‘breathe’VanBik 09 PKC: 905

Tiddimnaːk² v‘breathe’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1185

1.2.2Central Chin5

*Central Chinhnaar ‘SNORE’VanBik 09 PKC: 905

Lai (Hakha)hnâar-I, hnǎar-II ‘snore’VanBik 09 PKC: 905

Lai (Falam)hnǎar-I, hnàar-II ‘snore’VanBik 09 PKC: 905

Lushai [Mizo]hnáar v‘snore’VanBik 09 PKC: 905

Lushai [Mizo]hnâr v‘snore’Marrison 67 Naga

1.2.4“Old Kuki”3

Kom Remnar rəmorpheme◦səmorpheme kəmorpheme◦sukmorpheme ‘snore’Toba 91 KRQ: 11.4

Moyonnàr◦rùšámorpheme ~ nàr◦rušámorpheme ‘snore’Kosha 90: 11.4

Sorbungŋəmorpheme◦náar ‘snore’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.341

1.3.4Tangkhulic4

*Tangkhulicŋar ‘snore’Mortensen 12 Tk: 774

Tangkhulngar v‘snore’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulŋər ‘snore’Bhat 69 TNV: 97

Ukhrulkʰəmorpheme-ŋɐr ‘snore’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦nàr dômorpheme- ‘snore’Grüssner 79 BP: 25

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦ngar v‘snore’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Pattani [Manchati]gor gor◦simorpheme ‘snore’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 11.4

2.1.2Bodic1

Baimaŋɔ¹³ pa¹³suffix ‘snore’Sun H 91 Baim: 11.4

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)ŋor◦pasuffix kyabmorpheme◦gensuffix ‘snore’Bishop 89: 11.4

Tibetan (Written)sṅur v‘snore’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)sŋur-basuffix ‘snore’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 400

Tibetan (Written)ŋur-basuffix ‘grunt (of pigs and yaks)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 400

rGyalrongmdʑəmorpheme ŋu ‘snore’Dai 89 Jiar: 11.4

rGyalrong (Xiaojin Xingge)nəprefix◦'sŋor v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (Xiaojin Dawei)nəprefix◦'sŋu◦sŋu v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (Maerkang Longerjia)nəprefix◦'sŋə◦romorpheme v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (NW)sȵi ɣʐa#1810 PTB *raŋ¹ ‘BREATHE / DRAW (BREATH)’PLB *raŋ¹ ‘BREATHE / DRAW (BREATH)’ kakmorpheme tsʰimmorpheme tsʰomorpheme v‘pant’Sun H 91 rNW: 9.2.2

rGyalrong (Maerkang Benzhen Yingbolo)taprefix◦sŋo◦'remorpheme v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (Maerkang Bola (B))tǝ33prefix sŋo44 re33morpheme v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (Maerkang Caodeng (B))tǝ33prefix sŋo55 v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

Caodengtəprefix-sŋorʔ ‘breath’Sun J 97 Cao

Caodengtəprefix-sŋorʔ kɐmorpheme-tsʰɐ́morpheme-xtsʰumorpheme ‘pant’Sun J 97 Cao

rGyalrong (Maerkang Bola (A))tə22prefix sŋo22 re44morpheme v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (Maerkang Bola (C))tə22prefix sŋo22 re44morpheme v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (Maerkang Dangba Geerda)təprefix◦'sŋor v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (Maerkang Caodeng (A))təprefix◦sŋa◦rimorpheme v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (Maerkang Baiwan Muerji)təprefix◦sŋe◦'remorpheme v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (Maerkang Kangshan)təprefix◦sŋo◦ramorpheme v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦sŋo◦ro#1810 PTB *raŋ¹ ‘BREATHE / DRAW (BREATH)’PLB *raŋ¹ ‘BREATHE / DRAW (BREATH)’ v‘breathe’Sun H 91 rNQ: 9.2.1

rGyalrong (Maerkang Dazang)təprefix◦sŋo◦roʔmorpheme v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (Maerkang Japhug Shaerzong (A))təprefix◦sŋo◦roʔmorpheme v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦sȵi ɣra#1810 PTB *raŋ¹ ‘BREATHE / DRAW (BREATH)’PLB *raŋ¹ ‘BREATHE / DRAW (BREATH)’ v‘breathe’Sun H 91 rNW: 9.2.1

rGyalrong (Maerkang Japhug Shaerzong (B))tɯprefix◦sŋɯ◦romorpheme v‘breathe’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0047

rGyalrong (Northern)ȵi#131 PTB *g/r-nyit ‘SLEEP / NOD’◦sŋər̥ ‘snore’Sun H 91 rNQ: 11.4

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1784, *s-ŋwar ‘SNORE / BREATHE HEAVILY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1784

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

References: Bodic

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1784,
  title  = {{*s-ŋwar 'SNORE / BREATHE HEAVILY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1784},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1784}
}