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STEDT #2138

*ʔa

PRONOUN (3RD PERS.)
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlearhymeacoverV

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*ʔa ‘3RD PERSON’DRM#664

Notes

This pronominal element appears sometimes as a prefix and sometimes as a suffix. See the discussions in STC pp.93, 121, 123, 130.

There may well be a relationship between this etymon and #5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- NOUN PREFIX.

Reflexes & cognates38 reflexes · 12 subgroups

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Thadoʌ̄◦māmorpheme ‘he’Thirumalai 72: 18
Thadoʌ̄◦mámorpheme ‘he / she / it’Thirumalai 72: 43
Tiddima¹ ma?³morpheme ‘he; she’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1
Tiddimˉă ppf‘he / she / it / they;his / her / its / their’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddimˉă◦ˍmaʔmorpheme n‘he / she’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddimˍă ppf‘he / she / it / they;his / her / its / their’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin7

Chinbonaʔ◦niʔmorpheme ‘he’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 169
Matua◦niʔmorpheme ‘he’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 169
Ngmüünaʔ◦niʔmorpheme ‘he’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 169
Nyhmoyeaʔ◦niʔmorpheme ‘he’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 169
Wakunga◦maʔmorpheme ‘he’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 169

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lushai [Mizo]a◦mamorpheme ‘he; she; her; it its; him’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1
Lushai [Mizo]a◦mamorpheme ‘he; she; her; it; its; him’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2088
Lushai [Mizo]a◦mahmorpheme ‘he’Marrison 67 Naga
Lushai [Mizo]a◦nimorpheme ‘he’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)4

Sangtama◦pimorpheme ‘he’Kumar 73 Sang
Sangtama◦pimorpheme ‘he’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrüa◦pimorpheme ‘he’Kumar 73 Yim: 88
Yimchungrüa◦pimorpheme ‘he’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Marama◦domorpheme ‘he’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic5

Kachaiʔu-e ‘he / she’Mortensen 12 Tk
Tangkhula◦namorpheme ‘he’Marrison 67 Naga
Ukhrulʔa ‘he / she’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte3

Noctea◦temorpheme ‘he’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangsa (Moshang)a◦pimorpheme ‘he’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangsa (Yogli)a◦püimorpheme ‘he’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.2Asakian2

Saká◦mamorpheme ‘he’Huziwara 08 Sak: 417
Saká◦mamorpheme ‘she’Huziwara 08 Sak: 417-1

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

7Karenic4

Karena³¹wɛ̱⁵⁵morpheme pron‘he’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0934.50
Kayan (Pekon)a- Pfx‘he, she, it, etc.’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayan (Pekon)a◦nānmorpheme PRO‘he, she, it (this is the full independent form, it also occurs as a proclitic a-)’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayan (Pekon)a◦wîmorpheme PRO‘he, she (used for God and others in the church)’Manson 10 Kayan

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2138, *ʔa ‘PRONOUN (3RD PERS.)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2138
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC p.93
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2138,
  title  = {{*ʔa 'PRONOUN (3RD PERS.)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2138},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2138}
}