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STEDT #1810

*raŋ¹

BREATHE / DRAW (BREATH)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handleraŋ¹initialrrhymeaŋ¹tone¹coverL · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*raŋ¹ ‘BREATHE / DRAW (BREATH)’

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 3 subgroups

3.3.1rGyalrong3

rGyalrong (NW)sȵi#1784 PTB *s-ŋwar ‘SNORE / BREATHE HEAVILY’PCC *hnaar ‘SNORE’PTk *ŋar ‘SNORE’ ɣʐa kakmorpheme tsʰimmorpheme tsʰomorpheme v‘pant’Sun H 91 rNW: 9.2.2

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦sŋo#1784 PTB *s-ŋwar ‘SNORE / BREATHE HEAVILY’PCC *hnaar ‘SNORE’PTk *ŋar ‘SNORE’◦ro v‘breathe’Sun H 91 rNQ: 9.2.1

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦sȵi#1784 PTB *s-ŋwar ‘SNORE / BREATHE HEAVILY’PCC *hnaar ‘SNORE’PTk *ŋar ‘SNORE’ ɣra v‘breathe’Sun H 91 rNW: 9.2.1

6.1.2.2Central Loloish4

Lahu (Black)šá#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’ g̈ɔ̀ ve#450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’ ‘breathe ("draw breath")’Matisoff 88 DL: 1160

Lahu (Black)šá#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’ g̈ɔ̀ ve#450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’ ‘draw breath;inhale’Matisoff 88 DL: p.1160

Sani [Nyi]se²¹#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’ ni⁵⁵morpheme xɑ³³ ‘breathe’Wu 84: 163.1

Sani [Nyi]se²¹#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’ni⁵⁵morphemexɒ³³ ‘breathe’Wu 84

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Akha (Yunnan)sàq#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’ ɣɔ́ ‘breathe, breath’Hansson 89 AHKP: 475

Hani (Lüchun)shà ɣó#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’ (-ɣɔ́ ?) ‘breathe, breath’Hansson 89 AHKP: 475

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1810, *raŋ¹ ‘BREATHE / DRAW (BREATH)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1810

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1810,
  title  = {{*raŋ¹ 'BREATHE / DRAW (BREATH)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1810},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1810}
}