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STEDT #1865

*g-sow

REAR / BEAR (child)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*su(ʔ) ‘BE BORN / GIVE BIRTH’PCN #084

Notes

The WT form is the key to this reconstruction, although no other Himalayish cognates have been found so far. This etymon seems to be widespread in Loloish, with probable reflexes also in Northeast India, Nungish (Dulong), and Qiangic (Muya).

Chinese comparandum

Comment: Cf. 夙 sù, comparandum for #1837 PTB *s(y)u-ŋ/k WAKE UP / MORNING / CLEAR-HEADED / SOBER UP.

Reflexes & cognates37 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Milangmiumorpheme-cu-masuffix ‘birth of a boy’Tayeng 76 Mil

Milangor#6658 PTani *ɦo ‘CHILD (offspring)’-mimorpheme cu-mamorpheme ‘birth of a girl’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)10

*Central Nagasu(ʔ) ‘BE BORN / GIVE BIRTH’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.084

*Aoaprefix-su(ʔ) ‘BE BORN / GIVE BIRTH’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.099

Ao (Chungli)-sù v.‘born’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 4

Ao (Chungli)a³prefix-su¹ v.‘be born / give birth’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.099

Ao (Chungli)aprefix◦so ‘birth, give’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)so ‘birth, give’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-sù-pàʔsuffix n.‘birth (NZP + 'bear' + NR’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)sùʔ v.‘bear (give birth) [bore (gave birth)]’Coupe 07 Ao

Sangtamsu◦ro#3569 PTB *la-y ⪤ *ra ‘COME’PTk *ra ‘COME’ ‘birth, give’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüzü◦pemorpheme ‘birth, give’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)gso-basuffix v‘feed, nourish; bring up, rear’Jäschke 1881: 590

3.2Qiangic2

Muya [Minyak]mɯ⁵⁵morphemezɯ⁵⁵ ‘birth, give’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 10.4.15

Muya [Minyak]mɯ⁵⁵morphemezɯ⁵⁵ ‘birth, give’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 774.15

4Nungic1

Trung [Dulong]pɯ³¹#1811 PTB *ʔ-bu ⪤ *pu ‘BORN / BIRTH / BUD / BLOOM’ɟu⁵³ ‘birth, give’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 774.46

6.1.1Burmish1

Achang (Lianghe)ʂu³¹ ‘birth, give (to child)’Dai 85 AcJZ

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish12

Nasuʑo̱²¹ ‘birth, give’Chen 86 Yi: 10.4.15

Nosuʑu̱³³ ‘birth, give’Chen 86 Yi: 10.4.15

Yi (Dafang)a³³morphemeŋa⁵⁵morpheme ʑo³³ ‘birth, give’Yi a³³ŋa⁵⁵ ‘child’ (cf. #90 PTB *m/s-ŋa-y SMALL / INFERIOR / OFFSPRING).Matisoff 93 PC

Yi (Dafang)ʑɔ³³ be v.‘born, be’Chen 85 YiJZ

Yi (Dafang)ʑɔ³³ ‘grow (up)’Chen 85 YiJZ

Yi (Dafang)ʑɔ³³ ‘birth, give’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 774.22

Yi (Mile)ʐu̱³³ ‘birth, give (polite term)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 774.25

Yi (Xide)ɕu̱³³ v.‘birth, give’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)ʑu̱³³ ‘birth, give’Chen 85 YiJZ

Yi (Xide)ʑu̱³³ v.‘birth, give to’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1620.35

Yi (Xide)ʑu̱³³ ‘birth, give’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 774.21

Yi (Xide)ʑu̱³³ȵi²¹morpheme n‘birthday’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0682.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Ahiʐu̱³³ ‘birth, give’Chen 86 Yi: 10.4.15

Sani [Nyi]kɯ³³morpheme ʐo̱⁴⁴ be v.‘born, be’Wu 84: 263.2

Sani [Nyi]ʐo³³ ‘birth, give’Matisoff 93 PC

Sani [Nyi]ʐo⁴⁴ ‘birth, give’Chen 86 Yi: 10.4.15

Sani [Nyi]ʐu⁴⁴ v‘grow, be born’Ma 89 SanQ: 346.1

Yi (Sani)ʐu⁴⁴ v.‘birth, give to’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1620.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Hani (Caiyuan)tsu⁵⁵ ‘birth, give’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Caiyuan)tsu⁵⁵ ‘birth, give’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 774.30

6.2Naxi2

Naxi (Yongning)dʑu¹³ ‘birth, give’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 774.29

Naxi (Eastern)tɕu³¹ ‘birth, give’He 85

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1865, *g-sow ‘REAR / BEAR (child)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1865

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1865,
  title  = {{*g-sow 'REAR / BEAR (child)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1865},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1865}
}