STEDT #1864

*naŋ

GIVE BIRTH

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This root is attested in a few widely separated languages: Kaman [Miju], Guiqiong (Qiangic), and Tujia. It is perhaps to be related to #3490 TGTM *naŋ BROOD / INCUBATE (eggs), but seems quite distinct from #1863 PTB *b-na BEAR A CHILD / BORN.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.1.2Deng3

Kaman [Miju]xɑ³¹prefixnɑŋ⁵⁵ v.‘birth, give to’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1620.23

Kaman [Miju]xɑ³¹prefixnɑŋ⁵⁵ v.‘birth, give to (piglets)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1717.23

Kaman [Miju]xɑ³¹prefixnɑŋ⁵⁵ ‘birth, give’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 774.48

1.4Meithei2

Meitheiəprefix◦ŋaŋ pok#3480 PTB *(p/b)(i/u)k ‘BORN / GIVE BIRTH’PCN *puk ‘SPRING FORTH / ORIGINATE / BE BORN’◦pəsuffix v.‘birth, give’Meithei ə ŋaŋ ‘child’ (cf. Lhoba aŋaː, Yi (Dafang) a³³ŋa⁵⁵, as well as set #90 PTB *m/s-ŋa-y SMALL / INFERIOR / OFFSPRING).Singh 91 MeiQ: 10.4.15

Meitheiəprefix◦ŋaŋ u#97 PTB *hu ‘BORN / BIRTH / REAR’◦nəmorpheme◦bəsuffix v.‘birth, give’Singh 91 MeiQ: 10.4.15

3.2Qiangic4

Guiqiong(e⁵⁵morphemele⁵⁵morphemetsə³³morpheme) nɑ̃³¹ v.‘birth, give to’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1620.16

Guiqiong(pha⁵⁵morphemetsi⁵⁵morphemetsi⁵⁵morpheme) nɔ̃³¹ v.‘birth, give to (piglets)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1717.16

Guiqiongnɔ̃³⁵ ‘birth, give’Sun H 91 GuiQ

Guiqiongnɔ̃³⁵ ‘birth, give’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 774.17

5Tujia2

Tujianũ⁵⁵ ‘birth, give’Chen 86 TuBQ: 10.4.15

Tujia (Northern)nũ⁵⁵ ‘birth, give (to child)’Tian 86

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1864, *naŋ ‘GIVE BIRTH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1864

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1864,
  title  = {{*naŋ 'GIVE BIRTH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1864},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1864}
}