*m-ŋwa

DREAM

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋaprefixminitialŋrhymeacoverM · V

Connections

HPTB*r/s-maŋ ⪤ *mak ‘dream’pp. 268, 302, 310, 325, 521

Notes

This etymon has so far only been found in Kiranti, Tangut, rGyalrongic, and Bai. It is nowhere near as widespread as the major PTB root for DREAM, #126 PTB *s/r-ma(ŋ/k) DREAM.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 4 subgroups

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]mɪ̯e#126 PTB *s/r-ma(ŋ/k) ‘DREAM’PKC *maŋ ‘DREAM’PCN *maŋ ‘DREAM’PTk *maŋ ‘DREAM’TGTM *ᴬmaŋ ‘DREAM (n)’TGTM *ᴮmaŋ ‘DREAM, to (v)’PLB *s-makᴴ ⪤ *s-maŋ¹ ‘DREAM’PKar *maŋᴮ ‘DREAM (v.)’ ngu lɪ̃morpheme v.‘dream’Dai 89 Xixi: 1.18

3.3.1rGyalrong6

rGyalrong (Maerkang Dazang)təji'morpheme◦mŋo n‘dream’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0499

rGyalrong (Maerkang Japhug Shaerzong (A))təji'morpheme◦mŋo n‘dream’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0499

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mŋo v‘dream’Sun H 91 rNQ: 1.18

rGyalrong (Maerkang Japhug Shaerzong (B))tɯjmorpheme◦mŋo n‘dream’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0499

rGyalrong (Maerkang Japhug Shaerzong (B))ɣɤjmorpheme◦mŋo v‘dream’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0500

rGyalrong (Jinchuan Erkai)ˈnəʟmorpheme◦ŋɑʔ n‘dream’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0499

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1838, *m-ŋwa ‘DREAM’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1838

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1838,
  title  = {{*m-ŋwa 'DREAM'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1838},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1838}
}