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STEDT #205

*r-ŋa

TAIL / BACK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Reflexes & cognates40 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.6Mru1

Mrungeʻ ‘tail’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Bunanŋa◦masuffix ‘tail (of animal)’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 5.10.3

2.1.2Bodic1

Baimaŋuɛ³⁵ ‘tail (of animal)’Sun H 91 Baim: 5.10.3

2.1.2.1Tibetan22

Tibetan (Alike)rŋa mæsuffix n‘tail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0267.05

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)hŋa masuffix ‘tail’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 177.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)rga wasuffix ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.5

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)rŋa masuffix ‘tail’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 177.5

Tibetan (Batang)ngia²³¹ ‘back’Dai 89 Bata: 5.5

Tibetan (Batang)ngia²³¹ go¹³morpheme ‘upper back’Dai 89 Bata: 5.5.1

Tibetan (Batang)xa⁵⁵morpheme dʐei⁵⁵morpheme ŋa⁵⁵ ma⁵⁵suffix ‘tailbone / coccyx’Dai 89 Bata: 5.10.2

Tibetan (Batang)ŋa⁵⁵ ma⁵⁵suffix ‘tail (of animal)’Dai 89 Bata: 5.10.3

Tibetan (Batang)(ŋa⁵⁵ma⁵³suffix) tɕɑʔ⁵³morpheme v.‘raise (the tail)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1572.03

Tibetan (Batang)ŋa⁵⁵ma⁵³suffix n‘tail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0267.03

Tibetan (Jirel)ngā◦māqsuffix ‘tail’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Khams:Dege)ŋa⁵⁵ma⁵³suffix ‘tail’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 177.3

Tibetan (Lhasa)ŋa⁵³ma¹³suffix ‘tail’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 177.2

Tibetan (Lhasa)ŋa⁵⁵ma⁵⁵suffix n‘tail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0267.02

Sherpanga◦māqsuffix ‘tail’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)ŋyā◦masuffix ‘tail (of animal)’Bishop 89: 5.10.3

Spitiŋa◦masuffix ‘tail (of animal)’Bodh 91: 5.10.3

Tibetan (Written)rṅa-masuffix ‘tail’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rṅa◦masuffix, mjug#3331 PTB *m/b-gyu(ŋ/k) ‘TAIL / BACKSIDE’◦masuffix ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)rŋa masuffix n‘tail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0267.01

Tibetan (Written)rŋa masuffix ‘tail’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 177.1

Tibetan (Xiahe)hŋa masuffix n‘tail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0267.04

3.1Tangut3

Tangut [Xixia]ngɪ̯ə̣² ‘back’Sofronov 97

Tangut [Xixia]ŋa ‘back’Nishida 64 Tan: 185

Tangut [Xixia]ŋa ‘back’Nishida 64 Tan: 236-058

3.2Qiangic4

Guiqiongtɕhɔ̃³³morphemengɑ³³ri⁵⁵#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘back (direction)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 52.17

Queyu (Xinlong)rnə¹³ n‘tail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0267.13

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]ŋa⁵⁵ ma⁵³suffix ‘tail (of animal)’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 5.10.3

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]ŋa⁵⁵ma⁵³suffix ‘tail’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 177.16

3.3rGyalrongic4

Daofurŋa masuffix n‘tail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0267.12

Ergong (Danba)ʐŋɛ masuffix ‘tail’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 177.14

Ergong (Danba)ʐɳɛ masuffix ‘tail (of animal)’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 5.10.3

Ergong (Daofu)ʔŋa mɑsuffix ‘tail (of animal)’Dai 89 Daof: 5.10.3

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3

Gazhuoŋa³²³ tv̩³³#14 PTB *du ‘BODY’ ‘body’Dai 89 Gazh: 1.1

Gazhuoŋa³²³ tv̩³³#14 PTB *du ‘BODY’ ‘back’Dai 89 Gazh: 1.4

Gazhuoŋa³²³tv³³#14 PTB *du ‘BODY’ n‘body (back)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0073.47

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Sangkongta³¹morpheme qha⁵⁵morpheme laŋ⁵⁵morpheme ŋga⁵⁵ ‘back’Li Yongsui 91 Sang

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #205, *r-ŋa ‘TAIL / BACK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/205

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-205,
  title  = {{*r-ŋa 'TAIL / BACK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #205},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/205}
}