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STEDT #2200

*m-dwaŋ

PEACOCK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handledoŋprefixminitialdrhymeoŋ=(m-)dcoverT · VN

Connections

HPTB*m-daŋ ⪤ *m-doŋ ‘peacock / partridge / pheasant’pp. 129, 294

Notes

This morpheme frequently occurs as the second element in compounds beginning with #1603 PTB *w(a/u) BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL. This first element varies from an unreduced form of the shape wa and a prefixized version u-.

Besides the normal initial reflex with dental stop, this etymon shows a puzzling variation among h-, y-, and w-, which remains to be explained.

Chinese comparandum

孔 OC *k’ung, GSR #1174a-b ‘peacock’; Schuessler 2007:335 *khôŋʔ; B & S 2011: *kʰˁoŋʔ {[k]ʰˁoŋʔ}; Mand. kǒng.

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 14 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmandoŋ ‘peacock’Benedict 72 STC: 341

*Tibeto-Burmanm-daŋ ⪤ m-doŋ ‘peacock / partridge / pheasant’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 586

1.1.2Deng1

Kaman [Miju]u⁵⁵#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’diu⁵⁵ n‘peacock’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0345.23

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Thadovʌ̄#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’◦hóŋ ‘peacock’Thirumalai 72: 46

Tiddimu¹#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’ tong² ‘peacock’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1912

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringaprefix◦rong ‘peacock’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)mdóŋs-mtɑmorpheme-c̀ɑnmorpheme ‘turkey-hen’Jäschke 1881

2.1.4Tamangish2

ThakaliTohng nākāmorpheme n‘pheasant’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.008

Thakali (Tukche)ʈohŋ nakamorpheme ‘pheasant’Hari 71a ThVo: 3.A.8

6.1.1Burmish12

Achang (Xiandao)noʔ³¹#3442 PTB *s-ŋak ‘BIRD’PLB *s-ŋ(y)akᴴ ‘BIRD’joŋ⁵⁵ n‘peacock’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0345.29

Burmese (Rangoon)dɑ̃u⁵⁵ n‘peacock’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0345.27

Burmese (Written)doṅ: ‘peacock’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)doŋ ‘peacock ( = u'-dôŋ )’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)dɔŋ³ n‘peacock’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0345.26

Burmese (Written)mâŋmorpheme-dôŋ ‘pheasant ( cf. u'-dôŋ )’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)ú#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’-daùŋ ‘peacock’Benedict 72 STC: 341

Burmese (Written)ʔu'#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’-dôŋ ‘peacock’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 187

Hpun (Northern)ú#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’◦tɔ̀ŋ ‘peacock’Henderson 86 Hpun

Leqi (Luxi)wo³³#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’tɔ̱ŋ³³ n‘peacock’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0345.33

Marmaǔ#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’◦dɔ́ŋ ‘peacock’Huziwara 08 Sak: 305-7a

Atsi [Zaiwa]ŭ⁵⁵#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’to̱ŋ⁵⁵ n‘peacock’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0345.30

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lisuȵɛ³⁵#3442 PTB *s-ŋak ‘BIRD’PLB *s-ŋ(y)akᴴ ‘BIRD’do̱³¹ n‘peacock’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0346.40

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Mpinoʔ⁴Tai loanwordjuŋ² ‘peacock’Srinuan 76

7Karenic1

Pa-Owâ#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’ tɔ̄ŋ ‘peacock’Solnit 89 PaO

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2200, *m-dwaŋ ‘PEACOCK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2200

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

References: cf. STC#341, HPTB pp. 129, 294

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2200,
  title  = {{*m-dwaŋ 'PEACOCK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2200},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2200}
}