STEDT #2100

*nwaŋ

MOUTH

Reconstruction analysis

handlenoŋinitialnrhymeoŋcoverM · N

Notes

The final stop in the first syllable of Damu ȵok-ko ‘lip’ seems definitely to be due to assimilation to the initial of the second syllable.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Damuȵok-ko#589 PTB *kwa ‘SKIN’ ‘lip’Sun J 93 Tani

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphoməprefix◦naw ‘mouth’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphoməprefix◦nawng ‘mouth’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Kanaurisomorpheme◦ṇəṅ ‘beak / bill’Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn

Kanauritu#2095 PTB *l-tywa ‘MOUTH / BEAK / FOOD / STOMACH’◦nöṅ ‘lip’Matisoff 87 BP

3.2Qiangic2

Pumi (Taoba)ȵ̥õ³⁵ ‘mouth’Lu 83 Pumi

Pumi (Taoba)ȵõ³⁵ ‘mouth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 242.10

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2100, *nwaŋ ‘MOUTH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2100

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

References: Jingpho/Kanauri

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2100,
  title  = {{*nwaŋ 'MOUTH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2100},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2100}
}