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STEDT #2255

*gwa

FOX
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlegwainitialgwrhymeacoverK · V

Connections

HPTB*gwa ‘fox’pp. 167, 173

Chinese comparandum

狐 OC *gʼwo, GSR #41i ‘fox’; Coblin 86:84 ST *gwaɣ; B & S 2011: *ɡʷˁa {[ɡ]ʷˁa}; Mand. hú.

Reflexes & cognates53 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

1.1.1.1Western Tani4

Bengniwa-muːmorpheme ‘fox’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar*oprefix-wa ‘fox’Sun J 93 Tani

2.1.1Western Himalayish4

Bunangoa-numorpheme / gwa-numorpheme ‘fox’Benedict 72 STC: 34n111
Bunangoa-numorpheme~gwa-numorpheme ‘fox’Coblin 86: 84
Bunangǔa ‘fox’Coblin 86: 84

2.1.2Bodic3

Tshona (Wenlang)wɑ³⁵mo⁵⁵morpheme ‘fox’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)ʔoː⁵⁵mo⁵³morpheme ‘fox’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 132.6
Cuona Menbaʔoː⁵⁵mo⁵³morpheme n‘fox’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0325.06

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Khamthāo̩morpheme◦hwā̩ n‘fox’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.059

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Black)zɿ⁴²morphemeɣuᴀi¹¹ ‘fox’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 132.33

9.0.1Old Chinese5

Chinese (Old)gʷˤa {[g]ʷˤa} ‘fox’BaxterSagart 2011: 1078

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2255, *gwa ‘FOX’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2255
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC p.34, HPTB pp.167, 173
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2255,
  title  = {{*gwa 'FOX'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2255},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2255}
}