*ʔan

STRENGTH

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleʔaninitialʔrhymeancoverH · N

Connections

HPTB*d-baŋ ‘strength’p. 140

Notes

This etymon bears a strong resemblance to #162 PTB *k/l/ʔ-wan SWIFT / STRONG / VIOLENT, and should probably be recognized as an allofamic version of it.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphoŋā#2538 PTB *ŋwa ‘CATTLE’-ʔàn n.‘young bull’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 132

Jingphoʔàn be v.‘in full strength’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 132

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)an ‘strength’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)ʔan ‘strength’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 132

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Côông [Phunoi]ʔɑ̃⁵⁵ hĩ³³morpheme ‘strength’also contains *ʔa(ŋ/k)-Bradley xx Phu

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1840, *ʔan ‘STRENGTH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1840

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

References: TJLB #132

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1840,
  title  = {{*ʔan 'STRENGTH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1840},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1840}
}