*(b/p)a(n/t)

THIN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin(b) *pan ‘THIN / LANK / SPARSE’PKC #165

Connections

Allofams

1 #5551 *ba ‘THIN / FLAT’
1a #2143 *(b/p)a(n/t) ‘THIN’

HPTB*ba ‘thin’pp. 24, 162, 169, 440

HPTB*ban/t ⪤ *pan/t ‘thin’p. 440

Notes

Some languages point to a voiceless initial with this root, although most forms descend from a *voiced prototype. Both an -n and a -t suffix are attested with this root: cf. #4165, and form II of this verb in several Chin languages, e.g. Tiddim paːt BE THIN. See HPTB: 440-441.

The basic allofam of this etymon appears to be #5551 PTB *ba THIN / FLAT, with an open rhyme.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanban/t ⪤ pan/t ‘thin’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 584

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinpan ⪤ pam ‘THIN / LANK / SPARSE’VanBik 09 PKC: 165

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Paitepan ‘lank, sparse’VanBik 09 PKC: 165

Tiddimpan ‘thin (very)’Benedict 72 STC: 102n293

Tiddimpan¹ ‘very thin’VanBik 09 PKC: 165

Tiddimpan¹ vi‘very thin’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1340

Tiddimpan¹ ‘very thin’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

Tiddimˊpan/ˋpan v‘thin (very)’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)pam be v.‘thin, to be slim, slender’VanBik 09 PKC: 165

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)pân-I, pǎn-II be v.‘thin, lank’VanBik 09 PKC: 165

Lushai [Mizo]pán ‘thin (as paper), weak (as tea etc), watery (as milk)’VanBik 09 PKC: 165

Lushai [Mizo]pan vi‘thin’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2766

Lushai [Mizo]pan ‘thin’Benedict 72 STC: 102n293

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]pá ‘thin, sparse’VanBik 09 PKC: 165

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Lotha Nagaeprefix-po◦romorpheme- be v.‘thin (of things)’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2143, *(b/p)a(n/t) ‘THIN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2143

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

References: cf. STC#025, HPTB, p. 440

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2143,
  title  = {{*(b/p)a(n/t) 'THIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2143},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2143}
}